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DGMS Annual Report, 2012

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1.0 Introduction Under the Constitution of India “Regulation of Labour and Safety in Mines and Oilfields” is a

central subject (Entry 55 of the Seventh Schedule of Article 246). The matter is regulated by

the Mines Act, 1952 and the Rules and Regulations framed thereunder. It extends to whole of

India including territorial water i.e. upto 12 nautical miles in the sea measured from

appropriate base line. These statutes are administered by Directorate-General of Mines Safety

(DGMS) under the Union Ministry of Labour & Employment.

1.1 Historical Background Although exploitation of minerals has been going on in the country from pre-Christian era, it was

only towards the end of 19th Century that attempts were made by the state for regulation of

employment and working conditions therein. Following the International Labour Conference in

Berlin in 1890, the then Government of UK through the Secretary of State for India asked the

Government of India to consider the desirability of undertaking legislation for inspection of

mines in general and coal mines in particular and for regulation of employment therein of men,

women and children. Accordingly in 1894, Mr. James Grundy was appointed as first ever

Inspector of Mines in India within the organization of Geological Survey of India. Mr. Grundy

recommended that provisions be made for the minimum age of employment; notice of opening

and of accidents, first-aid, management and supervision etc. Major disasters at Kolar Gold Field

in 1897 and at Khost Coal Mines, Baluchisthan (presently in Pakistan) in 1898 expedited

finalization of the first Mines Act which was enacted on 22nd March, 1901. A Bureau of Mines

Inspection was started in Calcutta on 7th January 1902 to administer the provisions of the

Mines Act, 1901. The organization was renamed as Department of Mines and its office was

shifted to Dhanbad in 1908. In 1960, the organization was renamed as Office of the Chief

Inspector of Mines. Again in 1967 the name of the organization was changed to Directorate-

General of Mines Safety (DGMS). In 1988 DGMS was declared a Scientific and Technological

Organization.

Apart from administering the Mines Act and legislation framed thereunder, DGMS also

administers certain allied legislation. A list of legislation administered by DGMS is given at

Appendix-I.

1.2 Organizational Set-up of DGMS Directorate-General of Mines Safety is a multi-disciplinary organization with Inspecting Officers

from Mining, Mechanical and Electrical engineering and Occupational Health disciplines.

Officers appointed to different technical posts in DGMS are selected by U.P.S.C. They are

required to have Degree in Mining or Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with several years of

experience, varying from seven to ten years of working in responsible capacity in mines or allied

industry. Besides, officers of mining cadre posses First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of

Competency. The Occupational Health cadre is manned by qualified and experienced medical

personnel.


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The organization has its headquarters at Dhanbad (Jharkhand) and is headed by the Director-

General of Mines Safety. At the headquarters, the Director-General is assisted by specialist

staff-officers in mining, electrical and mechanical engineering, occupational health, law,

survey, statistics, administration and accounts disciplines. The headquarters has a technical

library and S&T laboratory as a back-up support to the organization. Extensive computerization

has been done in head office and in the field offices to upgrade the standard of work. The head

office and some of the field offices have access to the internet enabling these to place

themselves at par with other developed countries of the world so far as the communication with

the use of computer is concerned. DGMS has a plan to establish a network for all its offices

through Internet. A web page on DGMS has already been launched during the centenary year.

The field organization has a two-tier network of field offices. The area of jurisdiction of DGMS

covering the entire country is divided into 8 zones, each under the charge of a Deputy Director-

General. There are three to four Regional offices under each zonal office. Each Region is

under the charge of a Director of Mines Safety. There are in all 29 such Regional Offices. Sub-

regional offices have been set up in important areas of concentrated mining activities away from

Regional office. There are 3 such sub-regional offices, each under the charge of a Deputy

Director. Each Zone, besides having inspecting officers of mining cadre has officers in electri-

cal, mechanical engineering and occupational health disciplines.

Organization chart of DGMS are at Appendix-IIA & IIB. Table - 1 shows the discipline-wise

strength of inspecting officers as on 31.12.2012. A statement showing posting of Group ‘A’ &

‘B’ officers in DGMS during the year 2012 are given at Appendix-III.

TABLE:1 STRENGTH OF INSPECTING OFFICERS AND SANCTIONED

POSTS AS ON 31.12.2012

DESIGNATION DISCIPLINE MINING ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL O. H

S P S P S P S P

Director General 1 1 - - - - - -

Dy. Director General 9 9 1 1 1 1 - -

Director 50 48 16 7 16 2 - -

Dy. Director 99 54 34 8 33 5 5 -

Assistant Director - - - - - - Gr.I-4 2

Total 159 112 51 16 50 8 9 2

S – Sanctioned P - In Position


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1.3 Role and Function of DGMS Enforcement of the provision of the Mines Act, 1952 and Rules, Regulations and Order made

thereunder and drafting appropriate legislation to absorb the technical advancement as well as

to make the same comprehensive, practicable and legally sound. Setting standards, by

overseeing compliance thereof as intensively as the resources permit and through a variety of

promotional initiatives and awareness programme, the officers of DGMS exercise preventive

as well as educational influence over the mining industry. DGMS is also promoting the

concept of ‘self-regulation’ as well as 'workers' participation in safety management. With

changing scenario, attempts are being made to superimpose its traditional role of seeking

compliance by legal sanctions and work prohibition optimally, with advisory and other safety

promotional initiatives; thereby creating an environment in which safety is given due priority.

Current functions of DGMS broadly include:

1. Development and updating of legislation and issue of guidelines and circulars

periodically.

2. Inspection – overseeing compliance of the statutes by the management through sample

inspection as and when required

3. Investigation into:

(a) accidents

(b) dangerous occurrences - emergency response

(c) complaints & other matters and

(d) taking corrective action and action against delinquents

4. (a) Grant of :

(i) statutory permission, exemptions & relaxations

(ii) approval of mine safety equipment, material & appliances

(b) Interactions for development of safety equipment, material and

safe work practices

5. Safety promotional initiatives including:

(a) Organization of -

National Conference on Safety in Mines

National Safety Awards

Safety Weeks & Campaigns

(b) Safety Information Dissemination

(c) Preview of project reports & mining plans

(d) Promoting -

i) safety education and awareness programme

ii) workers’ participation in safety management through -

workmen’s inspector

safety committee

tripartite reviews

6. Conduct of examinations for grant of competency certificates.


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1.4 Gazette Notification Following gazette notifications were issued during the year 2012:

TABLE:2 Notification No.

& date

Brief subject

1. A-31014/01/ 2011-ISH-II dated 2.5..2012

Appointment of Shri Vir Pratap to the post of Dy. Director of Mines Safety (Mining) in DGMS.

1.5 Measures to improve safety in mines:

Since mining is beset with many inherent hazards, detailed precautions have been laid down in

the Mines Act, Rules and Regulations framed there under to guard against dangers in mines

and it is the responsibility of the mine management to comply with the same. While the onus

of providing for and ensuring safety in mines rests with the mine management, DGMS has the

responsibility to see that the safety statute is kept updated to absorb the technical

advancements as well as to make the same comprehensive, practicable, legally sound and also

to carry out periodic inspection of mines to oversee compliance of safety laws. The Mines Act

and the subordinate legislations framed there under is periodically updated for the purpose.

Each and every accident involving fatality is enquired into by an officer or a team of officers of

DGMS. A few accidents involving serious bodily injury and most of the important dangerous

occurrences are also investigated by DGMS Officers. Arising out of inspections and enquiries

conducted by DGMS, one or more of the following actions, as appropriate, is taken: -

(a) drawing the attention of the mine management about the contraventions of the

statutes etc.;

(b) withdrawal of statutory permission, approval, relaxation or exemption granted ;

(c) serving an improvement notice ;

(d) imposition of a prohibitory order ;

(e) suspension of statutory certificate of competency held by managerial and

supervisory personnel, if found negligent in the discharge of duties;

(f) prosecution of person(s) held responsible;

(g) punitive action taken departmentally by mining companies.

Mine management is also addressed to take steps as are considered necessary by the

inspecting/enquiry officer to rectify the defects or deficiencies in working condition or

system.


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1.6 Inspection & Enquiries Discipline-wise number of inspections and enquiries made by the inspecting officers are given

in table:3.

TABLE:3 NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS AND ENQUIRIES MADE DURING THE YEAR 2012

Discipline of Inspection Service

Coal Mines

Metal Mines Oil Mines

Inspections Enquiries Inspections Enquiries Inspections Enquiries

Mining 2819 835 3350 470 242 34

Electrical 761 48 161 53 54 0

Mechanical 148 50 175 9 2 3

Occupational Health

109 15 7 0 2 0

TOTAL 3837 948 3693 532 300 37

1.7 Improvement Notices & Prohibitory Orders

1.7.1 Coal Mines

78 (Seventy eight) improvement notices under various provisions of the statutes were issued

as a result of inspections of the mines during the year 2012. These improvement notices were

issued for various types of serious defects, details of which are given in table:4 below :

TABLE:4 IMPROVEMENT NOTICES ISSUED UNDER SECTIONS 22(1) AND 22A(1)

OF THE MINES ACT, 1952 IN COAL MINES DURING 2012

SL.NO. NATURE OF DEFECT NO. OF CASES

1. High benches in opencast workings 20

2. Inadequate support 06

3. Poor ventilation 09

4. Inadequate coal dust suppression 06

5. Isolation stopping 07

6. Improper/ non-provision of travelling road 00

7. Danger of Inundation 06

8. Unstable workings 01

9. Lag in stowing 00

10. Accumulation of gases 01

11. Defective Electrical installation 04

12. Inadequate earth leakage protection 00

13. Defective winding rope 00

14. Other defects in winding installation 00

15. Defective shot-firing practices 02

16. Others 16

TOTAL 78

38 (thirty eight) prohibitory orders under Section 22(3), 22A(2) and 22(1A) of the Mines Act,

1952 were issued during the year 2012. These orders were imposed for various dangerous

conditions prevailing at the mines, details of which are given in table 5:


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TABLE:5 PROHIBITORY ORDERS ISSUED UNDER SECTIONS 22(3) AND 22A(2) AND 22(1A) OF THE MINES ACT,1952

IN COAL MINES DURING 2012

SL.NO. NATURE OF DEFECT NO. OF CASES

1. High benches in opencast workings 16

2. Inadequate support 01

3. Poor ventilation 02

4. Inadequate coal dust suppression 01

5. Isolation stopping 01

6. Improper/ non-provision of travelling road 02

7. Danger of Inundation 03

8. Unstable workings 00

9. Lag in stowing 00

10. Accumulation of gases 00

11. Defective Electrical installation 00

12. Inadequate earth leakage protection 00

13. Defective winding rope 01

14. Other defects in winding installation 01

15. Defective shot-firing practices 00

16. Others 10

TOTAL 38

1.7.2 Metalliferous Mines

In metalliferous mines inadequate benching and unstable slope in opencast workings and

non-appointment of manager and supervisory officials in the mines were the main reasons for

which improvement notices and prohibitory orders were issued. Notices issued under Sections

22(1) & 22A(1) of the Mines Act, 1952 during the year 2012 were 219 (Two hundred nineteen).

Prohibitory orders under Sections 22(1A), 22A(2) and 22(3) issued in Metalliferous Mines

during the year 2012 were 242 (Two hundred forty two). Details of the improvement notices

and prohibitory orders issued during 2012 are given in table: 6 & 7 respectively.

TABLE:6 IMPROVEMENT NOTICES ISSUED UNDER SECTIONS 22(1) AND 22A(1) OF

THE MINES ACT,1952 IN METALLIFEROUS MINES DURING 2012

SL.NO. NATURE OF DEFECT No. of cases

1. Non-appointment of qualified manager and supervisory officials 113

2. Inadequate benching and sloping in opencast workings 97

3. Miscellaneous 09

TOTAL 219

TABLE:7 PROHIBITORY ORDERS ISSUED UNDER SECTIONS 22(3), 22A(2) & 22(1A)

OF THE MINES ACT,1952 ISSUED IN METALLIFEROUS MINES DURING 2012


1. Non-appointment of qualified manager and supervisory officials 144

2. Inadequate benching and sloping in opencast workings 95

3. Miscellaneous 03

TOTAL 242


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1.7.3 Oil Mines

03 (Three) notices issued under Sections 22(1) & 22A(1) of the Mines Act, 1952 during the

year 2012. No prohibitory orders under Sections 22(1A), 22A(2) and 22(3) issued in Oil Mines

during the year 2012. Details of the improvement notices and prohibitory orders issued during

2012 are given in table: 6A & 7A respectively.

TABLE:6A IMPROVEMENT NOTICES ISSUED UNDER SECTIONS 22(1) AND 22A(1) OF

THE MINES ACT,1952 IN OIL MINES DURING 2012


1. Non-appointment of qualified manager and supervisory officials -

2. Others 03

TOTAL 03

TABLE:7A

PROHIBITORY ORDERS ISSUED UNDER SECTIONS 22(3), 22A(2) & 22(1A)

OF THE MINES ACT,1952 ISSUED IN OIL MINES DURING 2012


1. Non-appointment of qualified manager and supervisory officials -

2. Others -

TOTAL -


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1.8 Permission, relaxations and exemptions

1.8.1 Coal Mines

849 (eight hundred forty nine) permissions/exemptions and relaxations were granted in

coalmines during the year 2012. Details of such cases are given in table:8.

TABLE:8 PERMISSIONS, RELAXATIONS & EXEMPTIONS GRANTED IN

COAL MINES DURING 2012

SL.NO. Particulars of Permissions, Relaxations & Exemptions No. of cases

1. Extraction of coal by methods other than bord & pillar beneath areas free from surface features

43

2. Extraction of coal by methods other than bord & pillar below surface features

13

3. Extraction of coal by bord & pillar methods beneath areas free from surface features

133

4. Extraction of coal by bord & pillar methods beneath surface features 39

5. Development below surface features including development in contiguous seams/ sections

53

6. Blasting coal off the solid 07

7. Development within 60m. of waterlogged workings 10

8. Workings within 7.5m. / Adjustment of mine boundaries 09

9. Exemptions from different provisions of regulations 117

10. Others 425

TOTAL 849

1.8.2 Metalliferous Mines

2330 (Two thousand three hundred thirty) permissions/relaxations/exemptions under different

provisions of the statutes were granted during the year 2012. Particulars are given in table:9.

TABLE:9 PERMISSION, EXEMPTIONS & RELAXATIONS GRANTED IN

METALLIFEROUS MINES DURING 2012

SL.NO. Particulars of Permissions, Exemptions & Relaxations No. of cases

1. Stopping of blocks 59

2. Use of HEMM with deep hole blasting 407

3. Use of ANFO and/or more than one explosive in a shot hole 58

4. Working under railways and roads 00

5. Appointment of managers of more than one mine/ permit manager etc.

1352

6. Appointment of surveyor of more than one mine 17

7. Others 437

TOTAL 2330

1.8.3 Oil Mines

433 (four hundred thirty three) permissions/relaxations/exemptions were granted during the

year 2012 under various provisions of the Oil Mines Regulations, 1984. The details of such

cases are given in table:10

TABLE:10 PERMISSION, EXEMPTIONS & RELAXATIONS GRANTED

IN OIL MINES DURING 2012

SL.NO. Particulars of Permissions, Exemptions & Relaxations No. cases

1. Well head installations 04

2. Laying of oil pipe line 338

3. Notices under Regulation 51 for GGS/EPS etc. 91

TOTAL 433


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1.9 Prosecutions

17 (seventeen) prosecutions were instituted in coal mines during the year 2012. In respect of

non-coal mines, 92 (Ninety two) prosecutions were launched during 2012. Contraventions of

provisions of statute for which these prosecutions were instituted are given in tables: 11 & 12.

Details of prosecution cases as on 31.12.2012.

Coal Non-coal Pending Disposed

No. of prosecution

launched during the

year 2012.

No. of prosecution

launched during the

year 2012.

Total cases

pending for

2012.

Total cases

disposed

during

2012.

17 92 1041 536

TABLE:11 PROSECUTIONS INSTITUTED IN RESPECT OF COAL MINES DURING 2012

SL.NO. CONTRAVENTION NO. OF CASES

1. Contraventions leading to accidents 16

2. Non-submission or submission of incorrect plans, returns, notices etc.

-

3. Non-appointment of qualified persons as senior supervisory officials

-

4. Contraventions under Indian Electricity Act or Rules -

5. Other violation of serious nature 01

6. Miscellaneous violations -

TOTAL 17

TABLE:12 PROSECUTIONS INSTITUTED IN RESPECT OF NON-COAL MINES

DURING 2012

SL NO. CONTRAVENTION NO. OF CASES

1. Contravention leading to accidents 17

2. Contravention of orders under sections 22(1A), 22(3), Reg. 108 etc.

73

3. Non-appointment of qualified persons as senior supervisory officials

-

4. Non-appointment of qualified persons as subordinate supervisory officials

-

5. Non-provisions of protective equipment -

6. Other miscellaneous contraventions 02

TOTAL 92


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2.0 Coal Mines

2.1 General

Number of operating coalmines during 2012 was 582 as compared to 592 in 2011. Company-

wise number of coal mines and production is given in table: 13.

TABLE: 13 Number of Mines during 2012 Production

(in million

tonnes) COMPANY Underground Opencast Both Total

Coal India Limited 270 162 30 462 440

Singareni Collieries Company Limited

40 18 1 59 73

Others 13 45 3 61 105

TOTAL 323 225 34 582 618

Table-14 shows the number of underground coalmines having gassy seams of different degrees.

TABLE : 14 UNDERGROUND COAL MINES HAVING GASSY SEAMS

OF DIFFERENT DEGREES

Degree of gassiness Number of Mines

2011 2012

I only 249 237

II only 94 100

III only 14 7

I & II 7 3

I & III 1 2

II & III 4 4

I, II & III 1 0

TOTAL 370 353

*Figures for 2012 are provisional.

During the year total numbers of working mines have decreased from 592 in 2011 to 582 in

2012. Output of coal increased from 602 million tonnes in 2011 to 618 million tonnes in 2012.

Coal mines under M/s.Coal India Limited contributed 440 million tonnes of coal during the year

2012. Average daily employment in mines decreased from 366,037 in 2011 to 358,123 in

2012. The output per manshift was increased from 5.15 in 2011 to 5.35 during 2012.Trend in

average daily employment and output per man shift in coal mines is given in table- 15.


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TABLE: 15 PLACEWISE DISTRIBUTION OF AVERAGE DAILY EMPLOYMENT AND

OUTPUT AND PRODUCTIVITY IN COAL MINES Year Belowground Opencast Above

Ground Total Output

per manshift

Employ ment (in ‘000 number

Output (in ‘000 tonnes)

Employ ment (in ‘000 number


Employ ment (in ‘000 number)

Employ ment (in ‘000 number)


1951 178 30199 36 4784 138 352 34983 0.35

1961 230 44887 60 10822 121 411 55709 0.45

1971 228 58552 43 17090 111 382 75642 0.67

1981 302 76205 55 51120 156 513 127325 0.81

1991 316 70731 67 167206 171 554 237757 1.40

1992 312 71062 67 178879 173 552 249941 1.47

1993 308 73672 68 186935 170 546 260607 1.53

1994 293 70644 67 196878 164 524 267522 1.63

1995 287 68512 68 216074 158 513 284586 1.80

1996 281 70127 68 233970 157 506 304097 1.91

1997 279 69062 68 247619 156 503 316681 2.01

1998 270 68571 69 251324 152 491 319895 2.09

1999 258 68101 71 247088 147 476 315189 2.12

2000 249 66225 69 268092 140 458 334317 2.34

2001 239 64134 69 277379 130 438 341513 2.51

2002 225 65330 69 297982 129 423 363312 2.75

2003 216 63632 69 315556 132 417 379188 2.91

2004 211 61921 70 347347 124 405 407268 3.19

2005 205 64087 70 356758 124 399 420845 3.35

2006 196 61213 76 369120 114 386 430333 3.50

2007 188 62302 80 418821 111 379 481123 3.95

2008 187 66290 77 440004 105 369 506294 4.25

2009 186 66835 80 491982 108 374 558817 4.67

2010 182 69998 83 531880 105 370 601878 5.05

2011 178 69032 86 538240 102 366 607272 5.15

2012 172 63341 88 553628 98 358 617969 5.35

Note : Figures for 2012 are provisional


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2.2 Accidents

2.2.1 Major Accidents There was no major accident in coal mines during the year 2012.

2.2.2 Accident scenario

During the year 2012, number of fatal accidents and fatalities increased in compared to the

year 2011. Number of fatal accidents during the year 2012 was 83 and number of fatalities

was 87 whereas in the year 2011, number of fatal accidents and fatalities were 65 and 67

respectively.

Table 16 indicates the trend of accidents and rates of fatalities.

TABLE: 16 TREND IN FATAL ACCIDENTS AND FATALITY RATES PER 1000

PERSONS EMPLOYED IN COAL MINES (10 YEARLY AVERAGE)

YEAR Av. No. of accidents Accident rate Av. No. of fatality Fatality rate

1901-1910 74 0.77 92 0.94

1911-1920 138 0.94 176 1.29

1921-1930 174 0.99 219 1.24

1931-1940 172 0.98 228 1.33

1941-1950 236 0.87 273 1.01

1951-1960 222 0.61 295 0.82

1961-1970 202 0.48 260 0.62

1971-1980 187 0.46 264 0.55

1981-1990 162 0.30 186 0.35

1991-2000 140 0.27 170 0.33

2001-2010 87 0.22 108 0.27

2011-2012 74 0.20 77 0.21

Table 17 gives year-wise fatal accidents, fatalities, and death rates in coal mines.

TABLE: 17 TREND IN FATAL ACCIDENTS AND DEATH RATES IN COAL MINES (YEAR-WISE)

Year No. of fatal

accidents

No. of fatalities

Death Rate

Per ‘000 persons employed

Per 100,000 manshifts worked

Per million tonnes output

1951 278 319 0.91 0.32 9.12

1961 222 268 0.65 0.22 4.81

1971 199 231 0.60 0.21 3.05

1981 165 184 0.36 0.12 1.45

1991 138 143 0.26 0.08 0.60

2001 105 141 0.32 0.10 0.41

2002 81 97 0.23 0.07 0.27

2003 83 113 0.27 0.09 0.30

2004 87 96 0.24 0.07 0.23

2005 96 117 0.29 0.09 0.28

2006 78 137 0.36 0.11 0.32

2007 76 78 0.21 0.06 0.16

2008 80 93 0.25 0.08 0.18

2009 83 93 0.25 0.08 0.17

2010 97 118 0.32 0.10 0.20

2011 65 67 0.18 0.06 0.11

2012 83 87 0.24 0.07 0.14

In the year 2012, number of serious accidents decreased compared to that of the year 2011.

Number of serious accidents and number of persons injured during 2012 were 515 and 526 as

compared to 534 and 557 respectively during the year 2011. As far as the serious accident

rate is concerned, it has decreased. The serious injury rate per thousand persons employed in

2012 was 1.44 as compared to 1.52 in 2011. The rate per lakh manshift worked has


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decreased to 0.45 in 2012 from 0.47 in 2011. The rate per million tonnes output decreased to

0.87 in 2012 from 0.92 in 2011. Table 18 gives year-wise number of serious accidents, no. of

persons injured and serious injury rate.

TABLE: 18 TREND IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND SERIOUS INJURY RATES IN

COAL MINES (YEAR-WISE)

Year No. of

serious accidents

No. of persons seriously injured

Serious injury rates

Per ‘000 persons

employed

Per 100,000 manshifts worked

Per million tonnes output

2001 667 720 1.64 0.53 2.10

2002 629 665 1.57 0.50 1.83

2003 563 590 1.42 0.45 1.56

2004 962 991 2.45 0.77 2.42

2005 1106 1138 2.85 0.91 2.70

2006 861 891 2.31 0.73 2.07

2007 923 951 2.51 0.78 1.98

2008 686 709 1.92 0.59 1.40

2009 636 660 1.76 0.55 1.18

2010 480 511 1.38 0.43 0.85

2011* 534 557 1.52 0.47 0.92

2012* 515 526 1.44 0.45 0.87 * Provisional Note : No. of seriously injured of fatal accidents are also considered for computation of no. of persons seriously injured & serious injury rates.

2.2.3 Analysis of accidents All fatal accidents and major serious accidents were inquired into by officers of DGMS. An

analysis of accidents enumerated in the following paragraphs is based on the findings of such

enquiry and information submitted by the mine management.

2.2.3A By place Total 83 fatal accidents involving 87 fatalities occurred during the year 2012 as compared to

65 fatal accidents and 67 fatalities during the year 2011. Overall fatality rate has increased in

2012 as compared to the year 2011. Overall serious injury rate during the year 2012 has

decreased to 1.44 from 1.52 in 2011. 25(30%) fatal accidents occurred in belowground

workings with fatality rate of 0.16, 39(47%) in opencast workings with fatality rate of 0.47 and

19(23%) in aboveground with fatality rate of 0.19 during the year 2012. Table 19 gives the

trend of fatal and serious accidents with fatality rate in different working places.


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TABLE: 19 TREND IN FATAL & SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND DEATH & SERIOUS

INJURY RATES; (PLACEWISE) - COAL MINES

PER THOUSAND PERSONS EMPLOYED

YEAR Fatal accidents & death rates Serious accidents & ser. injury rates

Below ground

Open cast

Above ground

Overall Below ground

Open cast

Above ground

Overall

2001 67

(0.43) 26

(0.38) 12

(0.10) 105

(0.32) 464

(2.10) 73

(1.12) 130

(1.07) 667

(1.64)

2002 48

(0.27) 22

(0.32) 11

(0.11) 81

(0.23) 434

(2.07) 92

(1.43) 103

(0.80) 629

(1.57)

2003 46

(0.33) 23

(0.35) 14

(0.13) 83

(0.27) 380

(1.85) 82

(1.30) 101

(0.77) 563

(1.42)

2004 49

(0.27) 32

(0.47) 06

(0.05) 87

(0.24) 757

(3.69) 82

(1.24) 123

(1.02) 962

(2.45)

2005 50

(0.34) 28

(0.42) 18

(0.15) 96

(0.29) 843

(4.23) 98

(1.45) 165

(1.37) 1106 (2.85)

2006 44

(0.52) 24

(0.33) 10

(0.09) 78

(0.36) 646

(3.40) 88

(1.30) 127

(1.11) 861

(2.31)

2007 25

(0.13) 35

(0.46) 16

(0.14) 76

(0.21) 717

(3.91) 83

(1.10) 123

(1.15) 923

(2.51)

2008 32

(0.21) 29

(0.45) 19

(0.18) 80

(0.25) 516

(2.87) 74

(0.98) 96

(0.92) 686

(1.92)

2009 39

(0.25) 29

(0.40) 15

(0.14) 83

(0.25) 490

(2.72) 50

(0.67) 96

(0.93) 636

(1.76)

2010 41

(0.33) 40

(0.51) 16

(0.15) 97

(0.32) 348

(2.03) 62

(0.83) 70

(0.68) 480

(1.38)

2011* 23

(0.13) 29

(0.35) 13

(0.13) 65

(0.18) 379

(2.23) 74

(0.92) 81

(0.79) 534

(1.52)

2012* 25

(0.16) 39

(0.47) 19

(0.19) 83

(0.24) 361

(2.07) 58

(0.72) 96

(0.94) 515

(1.44)

* Provisional Note : i) Figures in bracket indicate death/injury rate. ii) No. of seriously injured of fatal accidents are also considered for computation of no. of

persons seriously injured & serious injury rates.

2.2.3B By cause Tables 20 & 21 give the trend in fatal and serious accidents in coal mines due to different

causes during the year 2012 followed by graphical representation. As can be seen 33(40%) of

fatal accidents were caused by transportation machinery (other than winding), 12(14%) due to

machinery other than transportation machinery, 11(13%) due to ground movement, 10(12%)

due to falls other than fall of ground and and 3(4%) each in explosives, electricity and Gas

dust etc., 1(1%) in winding in shaft and other contributed 7(8%). 515 serious accidents

occurred during the year out of which 251(49%) were caused by falls other than falls of

ground.


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TABLE:20 TREND IN FATAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO DIFFERENT

CAUSES IN COAL MINES

Cause 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012*

Ground movement 21 (28) 26 (32) 22 (26) 15 (16) 11 (12)

Winding in shafts 1 (1) - - 1 (1) 1 (1)

Transportation machinery (other than winding)

28 (29) 31 (31) 41 (44) 28 (29) 33 (33)

Machinery other than transportation machinery

10 (10) 15 (15) 7 (7) 6 (6) 12 (12)

Explosive 1 (1) - 2 (16) 1 (1) 3 (3)

Electricity 5 (6) 2 (2) 8 (8) 5 (5) 3 (3)

Gas, Dust etc. 2 ( 6) 2 (4) 1 (1) - 3 (5)

Falls other than fall of ground 10 (10) 4 (4) 10 (10) 5 (5) 10 (10)

Other causes 2 (2) 3 (5) 6 (6) 4 (4) 7 (8)

TOTAL 80 (93) 83 (93) 97 (118) 65 (67) 83 (87)

Note: Figures in parentheses denote the number of persons killed. * Figures are provisional


TABLE:20A TREND IN FATAL ACCIDENTS IN DIFFERENT PLACES

OF COAL MINES

Place 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012*

Belowground 32 (39) 39 (46) 41 (60) 23 (24) 25 (28)

Opencast 29 (35) 29 (32) 40 (42) 29 (30) 39 (40)

Aboveground 19 (19) 15 (15) 16 (16) 13 (13) 19 (19)

Total 80 (93) 83 (93) 97 (118) 65 (67) 83 (87)


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TABLE: 21 TREND IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO DIFFERENT

CAUSES IN COAL MINES

Cause 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012*

Ground movement 69 (73) 57 (68) 53 (62) 39 (50) 41 (46)

Winding in shafts 0 (0) 3 (4) - 14 (19) 4 (5)


126 (128) 103 (108) 72 (84) 90 (94) 73 (74)


40 (42) 36 (37) 24 (24) 33 (34) 21 (21)

Explosive 1 (1) 3 (5) 5 (11) 3 (4) 0 (1)

Electricity 0 (0) 2 (2) 3 (3) 1 (1) 3 (3)

Gas, Dust etc. 0 (14) 1 (2) - - 1 (3)


Other causes 99 (99) 122 (122) 102 (104) 107 (107) 121 (122)

TOTAL 686 (709) 636 (660) 480 (511) 534 (557) 515 (526)

* Figures are provisional Note: Figures in parentheses denote the number of persons seriously injured and it includes seriously

injuries from fatal accidents also.

TABLE: 21A TREND IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO DIFFERENT PLACES IN COAL

MINES

Place 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012*

Belowground 516 (536) 490 (506) 348 (370) 379 (397) 361 (368)

Opencast 74 (76) 50 (54) 62 (69) 74 (79) 58 (62)

Aboveground 96 (97) 96 (100) 70 (72) 81 (81) 96 (96)

Total 686 (709) 636 (660) 480 (511) 534 (557) 515 (526)

* Figures are provisional Note: Figures in parentheses denote the number of persons seriously injured and it includes seriously

injureds from fatal accidents also.


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2.2.3B.1 Ground movement

During the year 2012, ground movement accounted for 11(13%) fatal accidents and 41(8%) serious

accidents. Further break-up of fatal accidents due to ground movement is given in table 22.

TABLE: 22 FATAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO GROUND MOVEMENT IN

COAL MINES DURING THE YEAR 2012

Cause No. of accidents Persons killed Persons seriously inj.

1.Fall of roof 5 6 1

2.Fall of side (a) belowground 3 3 2 (b) opencast 2 2 -

Sub-Total 5 5 2

3.Others (a) bumps - - - (b) air blast - - - (c) land slide - - - (d) collapse of pillar - - - (e) over hang 1 1 -

Sub-Total 1 1 -

GRAND TOTAL 11 12 3

2.2.3 B.2 Roof fall

Strata control is a major problem affecting safety and productivity in underground mines.

Experience of the past clearly brings out that roof fall is one of the predominant causes of

fatalities in belowground coal mines and that trend continues even today. There were 11

accidents due to ground movement involving 12 fatalities and 03 serious injuries during the

year 2012, out of which 5 accidents were due to fall of roof, 5 accidents were due to fall of side

and 1 due to over hang. Roof fall accidents accounted for 6% of all fatal accidents in coal

mines and it contributed 20% of all fatal accidents in belowground operations. Further critical

analysis of roof fall accidents for the last five years 2008 to 2012 revealed the following:

I. Physical and Working Condition factors -

1. Method of work: Accident mainly occurred in Depillaring districts. 38% (26% in

caving district and 12% in stowing district) of the fatal accidents occurred in

Depillaring district, 48% in Board & Pillar development and 14% in other places.

2. Height of working: 52% of the fatal accidents occurred in gallery height upto 3m,

28% in 3m to 5m and 5% above 5m.

3. Width of gallery: 1% of the fatal accidents occurred in width of galleries between

0 - 3.0m and 1% between 3.01m – 3.50 m. 11% between 3.51-4.00m, 53% between

4.01 - 4.50m and 28% occurred in width of galleries above 4.50 m.

4. Distance from face: 37% of the accidents occurred within 5m of the working face

and 19% between 5.01 to 10m, 7% between 10.01 to 20.00m and 20% above 20.01m

Thus 56% of the accident occurred within 10m of the freshly exposed roof from the

working face.

5. Type of support: 14% of the fatal accidents occurred in areas supported by timber

support only, 5% in timber and steel support, 17% in areas supported by roof bolts &


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others and 64% in other supports. However, areas supported by roof bolts seems to

be prone for roof fall. Steel supports, especially roof bolts, are more stable if they are

fixed properly and in time.

6. Adequacy of support: Accident analysis revealed that in 64% of cases supports

provided was inadequate, which means sufficient number of supports were not

provided before engaging persons at work and majority of the accidents could have

been averted had proper supports been provided before engaging the persons at

work and front line supervisors been attentive for providing adequate supports. It also

reveals that in 31% cases accident occurred although adequate support was

provided.

7. Operation at the time of accident: 15% of the fatal accidents occurred during each

of loading (manual) and dressing operation, 7% during each of drilling, loading by

machine, supporting and withdrawal of supporting operation and 6% during

inspecting, Thus 44% of the accidents occurred during primary job of face preparation

and manual loading. This can be avoided by adequately training the face workers for

paying more attention towards identification of bad roof and testing for its weakness

and by providing temporary supports before erecting permanent support. 27% of the

fatal accidents occurred due to other activities.

8. Time elapsed after blasting: 25% of the roof fall accidents occurred within 30

minutes of blasting operation which correlates with the operation at the time of

accident as mentioned above. This also means that sufficient time was not allowed for

the roof to settle before engaging persons. 10% of the fatal accidents occurred

between ½ - 1 hour, 9% between 1 to 2 hours and 31% of the fatal accidents occurred

beyond 2 hours of blasting operation and in 25% of cases no blasting operation was

carried out.

II. Geological factors -

9. Thickness of seam: 44% of the fatal accidents occurred in coal seam having

thickness upto 3.0 m., 23% in 3 to 6 m. and 9% each in seams with thickness

between 6-9m and above 9m. Thus roof fall occurred in all types of coal seams

irrespective of their thickness but seams with higher thickness have lesser share in

total accidents.

10. Depth of cover: 33% of the fatal accidents accounted in depth of cover 0 to 100m ,

25% between 101 to 200m, 23% between 201 to 300m, 9% between 301 to 400m

and 4% occurred above 400m.

11. Thickness of fall: 13% of the fatal accidents occurred having thickness of fallen

strata varying between 0 to 0.15m, 37% between 0.16 to 0.3m. Thus 50% of

accidents had thickness of fall between 0 to 0.3m. 30% of fatal accident occurred

having thickness of fallen strata between 0.31 to 1.0 m thick and 15% occurred

beyond 1.00m thick.


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Fall of roof was mainly due to geological reasons such as presence of slicken sides,

hidden slip planes, or due to weathering of strata etc. which could have been

effectively controlled had adequate and timely supports been provided.

12. Nature of fallen strata: 40% of the fatal accidents occurred due to fall of sand stone

roof, 30% due to coal and 39% due to shale and rest of the fatal accidents occurred

due to combination of any two. It indicates that practically all types of roof are likely to

fall in absence of adequate supports.

III. Personal factors -

13. Designation: 33% of the persons involved in roof fall accidents were loader, 22%

support personnel, 9% of subordinate supervisory staff, 12% dresser, 5% driller and

others 16%. Mainly face workers were involved in the accidents as they are first to

approach the face and stay beneath the green roof areas for longer duration.

14. Age: In 34% of the total accidents persons involved were in the age group of 46-50

years, 17% between 51-55 years, 15% each between 41-45 years and 56-60 years,

7% between 31-35, 6% between 36-40 years and 3% each between 21-25 and 26-30

years.

15. Shift of working: 48% of the fatal accidents took place in 1st shift, 27% in 2nd shift

and 25% in 3rd shift. Thus it is observed that roof fall occurred mainly in first shift due

to more number of persons employed during day time.

16. Hours at work: 37% of the roof fall accidents occurred during 2.01 -3.00, 15% each

between 3.01 – 4.00 and between 5.01 – 6.00 hours, 10% between 4.01 – 5.00 and

9% between 6.01-7.00 hours. Thus 77% of the roof fall accidents occurred between

2.01 hours to sixth hours of the shift.

IV. Management factors -

17. Responsibility: 43% of the fatal accidents were caused due to fault of management

and Subordinate Supervisory Staff; 13% of the fatal accidents due to fault of

Subordinate Supervisory Staff alone, 10% due to fault of management, SSS &

deceased and 7% of the cases management & others. In 6% of cases deceased was

responsible.

18. Company: Company-wise analysis indicates that 75% of roof fall accident occurred in

CIL whereas 20% occurred in SCCL. CIL subsidiary-wise 28% of fatal accidents

occurred in SECL, 17% in WCL, 12% in BCCL, 15% in ECL and 1% in MCL and 2%

in CCL.


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Detailed statistical analysis of roof fall accidents that occurred during last 5 years are given in

tabular as well as graphically in the following tables:

1. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by method of work

Method of work

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % total %

Board & Pillar Development 7 50 10 42 11 52 7 54 4 44 39 48

Longwall Development

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Depillaring

Caving 5 36 6 25 6 29 1 8 3 33 21 26

Stowing 0 0 6 25 1 5 2 15 1 11 10 12

Total Depillaring

5 36 12 50 7 33 3 23 4 44 31 38

Longwall

Depillaring

Caving 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stowing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total Longwall

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other Places 2 14 2 8 3 14 3 23 1 11 11 14

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

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f A

ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Method of Work

Other Places

Longwall Depillaring

Stowing

Longwall Depillaring

Caving

Depillaring Stowing

Depillaring Caving

Longwall Development

Board & Pillar

Development

Analysis by Method of Work

Depillaring

Caving, 21,

26%

Other

Places, 11,

14% Depillaring

Stowing, 10,

12%

Board &

Pillar

Developmen

t, 39, 48%


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2. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by height of working

Height of

working

(metres)

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

0 - 2 4 29 2 8 2 9 1 8 0 0 9 11

2 - 3 7 50 16 67 12 57 2 15 5 56 42 52

3 - 5 3 21 5 21 6 29 6 46 3 33 23 28

5 & above 0 0 1 4 1 5 1 8 1 11 4 5

not available 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 0 0 3 4

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

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f A

ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Height of

Workingnot available

5 & above

'3 - 5

'2 - 3

0 - 2

Analysis by Height of Working

'2 - 3, 42,

52%

0 - 2, 9,

11%

not available,

3, 4%5 & above, 4,

5%

'3 - 5, 23,

28%

2. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by width of gallery

width of

Gallery Number of accidents

(metres) 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

0.00- 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 1

2.01- 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3.01- 3.50 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

3.51- 4.00 3 21 4 17 1 5 1 8 0 0 9 11

4.01- 4.50 8 58 11 46 12 57 6 46 6 67 43 54

4.51 & above 3 21 7 29 8 38 2 15 3 33 23 28

not applicable 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 23 0 0 4 5

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

Analysis by Width of Gallery

not

available, 4,

5%

4.51 &

Above, 23,

28%

4.01 - 4.50,

43, 54%

3.51 - 4.00,

9, 11%

3.01 - 3.50,

1, 1%

0.00 -2.00,

1, 1%


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4. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by distance from face

Distance from

face Number of accidents

(metres) 2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

0.00- 5.00 6 44 7 29 9 43 7 53 1 11 30 37

5.01- 10.00 1 7 7 29 4 19 1 8 2 22 15 19

10.01- 20.00 3 21 1 4 0 0 1 8 1 11 6 7

20.01 & above 3 21 4 17 6 29 0 0 3 34 16 20

not applicable/ available

1 7 5 21 2 9 4 31 2 22 14 17

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

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ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Distance from Face

not applicable

20.01 & above

10.01- 20.00

5.01- 10.00

0.00- 5.00

Analysis by Distance from Face

5.01- 10.00,

15, 19%

10.01-

20.00, 6,

7%

20.01 &

above, 16,

20%

not

applicable,

14, 17% 0.00- 5.00,

30, 37%

5. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by type of roof support

Type of

support

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Tota

l

%

No support 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Timber supports only 1 7 4 17 6 29 0 0 0 0 11 14

Timber and steel supports

1 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 11 4 5

Roof bolts and others 1 7 0 0 0 0 7 54 6 67 14 17

Other supports 11 79 19 79 14 66 6 46 2 22 52 64

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

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ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

T ype of Support

Other supports

Roof bo lts and

others

Timber and

steel supports

Timber

supports only

No support

Analysis by Type of Support

Timber and

steel

supports, 4,

5%

Roof bolts

and others,

14, 17%

Timber

supports

only, 11,

14%

Other

supports,

52, 64%


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6. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by adequacy of support

Adequacy of

support

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

Adequate 4 29 9 37 8 38 1 8 3 33 25 31

Inadequate 10 71 15 63 13 62 9 69 5 56 52 64

Not applicable* 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 1 11 4 5

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

* Provisional

Analysis by Adequacy of Support

Inadequate,

52, 64%

Not

applicable*,

4, 5%Adequate,

25, 31%


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7. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by operation at the time of accident

operation at

the time of

accident

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1 1

Charging 1 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 2

Drilling 2 14 1 4 2 10 1 8 0 0 6 7

Maintenance of Machine 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Dressing 3 22 4 17 1 5 2 15 2 22 12 16

Dressing & Supporting 1 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

Inspecting 1 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 11 4 5

Loading (manual) 0 0 4 17 3 14 3 23 2 22 12 16

Loading by machine 3 22 1 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 6

Stowing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Supporting 1 7 1 4 2 10 2 15 0 0 6 7

Blasting 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Withdrawal of supports 0 0 3 13 3 14 0 0 0 0 6 7

Operation of Machine/Vehicle

0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Tramming 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Others 2 14 4 17 7 32 5 39 3 34 21 27

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

Analysis by Operation at

the time of Accident

Operation

of

M achine/Ve

hicle, 1, 1%

Withdrawal

o f supports,

6, 7%

Blasting, 1,

1%

Supporting,

6, 7%

Tramming, 1,

1%

Others, 21,

27%Cutting, 1, 1%

Charging, 2,

2%Drilling, 6,

7%

M aintenanc

e of

M achine, 1,

1%

Dressing, 12,

16%

Dressing &

Supporting,

2, 2%

Inspecting ,

4, 5%

Loading

(manual), 12,

16%

Loading by

machine, 5,

6%


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8. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by Time elapsed after blasting

Time elapsed

after blasting

(hours)

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

0.00- 0.50 6 43 5 21 7 33 1 8 1 11 20 25

0.51- 1.00 1 7 4 17 1 5 1 8 1 11 8 10

1.01- 1.50 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 8 0 0 2 2

1.51- 2.00 2 14 1 4 1 5 2 15 0 0 6 7

2.01 & above 4 29 8 33 8 38 3 23 2 22 25 31

not applicable* 1 7 6 25 3 14 5 38 5 56 20 25

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

* Provisional.

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

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f A

ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Time elapsed

after blasting

not applicable

2.01 & above

1.51- 2.00

1.01- 1.50

0.51- 1.00

0.00- 0.50

Analysis by Time elapsed after blasting

2.01 & above,

25, 31%

not

applicable,

20, 25%

1.51- 2.00,

6, 7%

1.01- 1.50,

2, 2%

0.51- 1.00,

8, 10%

0.00- 0.50,

20, 25%

9. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by thickness of seam

Seam

thickness

(metres)

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

0.00- 3.00 6 43 10 42 13 62 1 8 1 8 31 39

3.01- 6.00 4 29 7 29 3 14 1 8 4 8 19 23

6.01- 9.00 2 14 4 17 1 5 0 0 2 0 9 11

9.01 & above 0 0 3 12 4 19 0 0 1 0 8 10

not available 2 14 0 0 0 0 11 84 1 84 14 17

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

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ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Seam Thickness

not available

9.01 & above

6.01- 9.00

3.01- 6.00

0.00- 3.00

Analysis by Seam Thickness

0.00- 3.00,

31, 39%

3.01- 6.00,

19, 23%

6.01- 9.00,

9, 11%

9.01 &

above, 8,

10%

not

available,

14, 17%


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10. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by depth of cover

Depth of

cover

(metres)

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

0- 100 8 57 4 17 9 43 3 23 3 33 27 33

101- 200 3 22 7 29 4 19 3 23 3 33 20 25

201- 300 2 14 8 33 7 33 0 0 2 23 19 23

301- 400 1 7 2 8 1 5 3 23 0 0 7 9

401 & above 0 0 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4

not available 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 1 11 5 6

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

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ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Depth of Cover

not available

401 & above

301- 400

201- 300

101- 200

0- 100

Analysis by Depth of Cover

401 &

above, 3,

4%

Not

Applicable,

5, 6%301- 400, 7,

9%

201- 300,

19, 23% 101- 200,

20, 25%

0- 100, 27,

33%

11. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by thickness of fall

Thickness of

fall (metres)

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

0.00- 0.15 0 0 4 17 3 14 1 8 3 33 11 14

0.16- 0.30 6 42 8 33 6 29 6 46 4 45 30 36

0.31- 1.00 4 29 10 42 8 38 2 15 0 0 24 30

1.01 & above 4 29 2 8 3 14 1 8 2 22 12 15

not applicable 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 23 0 0 4 5

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

. o

f A

ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Thickness of Fall

not applicable

1.01 & above

0.31- 1.00

0.16- 0.30

0.00- 0.15

Analysis by Thickness of Fall

Not

Applicable,

4, 5%1.01 &

above, 12,

15%

0.31- 1.00,

24, 30%0.16- 0.30,

30, 36%

0.00- 0.15,

11, 14%


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12. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by nature of fallen strata

Nature of

fallen strata

Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

Coal 2 14 9 38 6 29 4 31 3 33 24 29

Shale 0 0 6 25 2 9 2 15 5 56 15 19

Sandstone 10 72 7 29 12 57 3 23 0 0 32 39

Coal & Shale 1 7 1 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 4

Coal & Sandstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Shale & Sandstone

1 7 1 4 0 0 4 31 1 11 7 9

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

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en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Nature of Fallen

Strata

Shale &

SandstoneCoal &

SandstoneCoal & Shale

Sandstone

Shale

Coal

Analysis by Nature of fallen Strata

Shale &

Sandstone,

7, 9%Coal &

Shale, 3, 4%

Sandstone,

32, 39% Shale, 15,

19%

Coal, 24,

29%

13. Distribution of persons killed in roof fall accidents by designation

Category of

mine worker

Number of persons killed

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

Loader 6 35 10 34 8 27 5 38 2 20 31 32

Support Personnel/ Timberman

0 0 6 21 8 27 4 31 2 20 20 20

Dresser 5 29 2 7 4 13 2 15 0 0 13 13

Driller 0 0 2 7 2 7 1 8 0 0 5 5

Trammer 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1

Shotfirer /Ex-plosive carrier

0 0 0 0 1 3 1 8 0 0 2 2

Sub. Supervi-sory staff

3 18 3 10 2 7 0 0 2 20 10 10

Others 3 18 6 21 4 13 0 0 4 40 17 17

Total 17 100 29 100 30 100 13 100 10 100 99 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

No

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ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Category of

Mine Worker

Others

Sub. Supervi-sory

staffShotfirer /Ex-

plosive carrierTrammer

Driller

Dresser

Timberman

Loader

Analysis by Category of Mine

Worker

Sub. Supervi-

sory staff,

10, 10%

Others, 17,

17%

Shotfirer /Ex-

plosive

carrier, 2,

2%

Driller, 5,

5%Dresser, 13,

13%

Timberman,

20, 20%

Loader, 31,

32%


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14. Distribution of persons killed in roof fall accidents by age

Age Number of persons killed

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

18 – 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

21 – 25 0 0 1 3 1 3 1 8 0 8 3 3

26 – 30 2 12 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 8 4 4

31 – 35 1 6 2 7 2 7 0 0 0 0 5 5

36 – 40 3 18 1 3 1 3 1 8 1 8 7 7

41 – 45 2 12 4 14 4 14 3 22 2 22 15 15

46 – 50 3 18 11 38 12 40 4 31 2 31 32 33

51 – 55 2 12 6 21 6 20 2 15 4 15 20 20

56 – 60 4 22 4 14 4 13 1 8 0 8 13 13

Total 17 100 29 100 30 100 13 100 10 100 99 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

No

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f A

ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Age

56 – 60

51 – 55

46 – 50

41 – 45

36 – 40

31 – 35

26 – 30

21 – 25

18 – 20

Analysis by Age

26 – 30, 4,

4% 31 – 35, 5,

5%

36 – 40, 7,

7%

46 – 50,

32, 33%

41 – 45,

15, 15%

21 – 25, 3,

3%

56 – 60,

13, 13%

51 – 55,

20, 20%

15. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by shift during which accident occurred

Shift Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total % 1st

(7/8 AM to 3/4 PM) 8 57 10 42 12 57 4 31 5 56 39 48

2nd 3/4 PM to 11/12 M

1 7 11 46 3 14 6 46 1 11 22 27

3rd

11/12M to 7/8 AM 5 36 3 12 6 29 3 23 3 33 20 25

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

. o

f A

ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Shift

3rd Shift

2nd Shift

1st Shift

Analysis by Shift

2nd Shift,

22, 27%

3rd Shift, 20,

25%1st Shift, 39,

48%


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16. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by hours spent at work prior to the accident

Hours at Work Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

0.00- 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1.01- 2.00 1 7 2 8 0 0 2 15 0 0 5 6

2.01- 3.00 3 21 15 63 4 19 2 15 6 67 30 37

3.01- 4.00 1 7 5 21 4 19 1 8 1 11 12 15

4.01- 5.00 1 7 1 4 4 19 1 8 1 11 8 10

5.01- 6.00 5 37 0 0 5 24 2 15 0 0 12 15

6.01- 7.00 3 21 1 4 3 14 0 0 0 0 7 9

7.01- 8.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8.01 & above 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 11 2 2

not available 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 39 0 0 5 6

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

. o

f A

ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Hours at Work

not available

8.01 & above

7.01- 8.00

6.01- 7.00

5.01- 6.00

4.01- 5.00

3.01- 4.00

2.01- 3.00

1.01- 2.00

0.00- 1.00

Analysis by Hours at Work

1.01- 2.00,

5, 6%

not

available, 5,

6%

6.01- 7.00,

7, 9%

8.01 &

above, 2,

2%

5.01- 6.00,

12, 15%

4.01- 5.00,

8, 10%3.01- 4.00,

12, 15%

2.01- 3.00,

30, 37%


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17. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by responsibility

Responsibility Number of persons

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

Misadventure 2 14 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 11 4 5

Management 0 0 1 4 1 5 0 0 2 22 4 5

Management & Sub-ordinate Supervisory Staff(SSS)

4 29 10 42 8 38 9 69 4 45 35 44

Management & Deceased

1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 2 2

Management & Others 3 22 0 0 3 14 0 0 0 0 6 7

Sub-ordinate Supervisory Staff(SSS)

2 14 4 17 3 14 1 8 1 11 11 14

SSS & Others 1 7 0 0 2 10 2 15 0 0 5 6

Management, SSS & Deceased

0 0 5 21 3 14 0 0 0 0 8 10

Management,SSS & Injured

0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

SSS & Deceased 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Deceased 1 7 1 4 1 5 1 8 0 10 4 5

Total 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

. o

f A

ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Responsibility

Deceased

SSS &

Deceased

Mgt.,SSS &

Injured

Mgt.,SSS &

Deceased

SSS & Others

SSS

Mgt & Others

Mgt, Deceased

Mgt & SSS

Management

Misadventure

Analysis by Responsibility

SSS &

Deceased, 1,

1%

Deceased, 4,

5%

Mgt.,SSS &

Injured, 1,

1%

Mgt.,SSS &

Deceased, 8,

10%

SSS &

Others, 5, 6%

SSS, 11,

14%

Mgt &

Others, 6, 7%

Mgt,

Deceased, 2,

2%

Mgt & SSS,

35, 44%

Misadventure

, 4, 5%

Management,

4, 5%


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18. Distribution of fatal roof fall accidents by company

Company Number of accidents

2008 % 2009 % 2010 % 2011 % 2012 % Total %

BCCL 3 22 6 25 0 0 1 8 0 0 10 12

CCL 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 11 2 2

ECL 1 7 2 8 2 10 3 22 3 34 11 14

MCL 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

SECL 5 36 1 4 11 52 4 31 2 22 23 29

NEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WCL 2 14 5 21 4 19 1 8 2 22 14 17

CIL: total 12 86 14 58 18 86 09 69 8 89 61 75

IISCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SCCL 1 7 7 29 3 14 4 31 1 11 16 20

TISCO 0 0 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4

MIL 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

All-India 14 100 24 100 21 100 13 100 9 100 81 100

0

5

10

15

20

25

No

. o

f A

ccid

en

ts

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Year

Company

MIL

TISCO

SCCL

IISCO

WCL

NEC

SECL

MCL

ECL

CCL

BCCL

Analysis by Company

WCL, 14,

17%

SCCL, 16,

20%

MIL, 1, 1%TISCO, 3,

4%

ECL, 11,

14%

MCL, 1, 1%

SECL, 23,

29%

CCL, 2, 2%

BCCL, 10,

12%


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2.2.3B.3 Side fall and over hangs

There were 5 (6%) fatal accidents involving 5 fatalities due to fall of sides. 3 accidents took

place in belowground and 2 accidents in opencast workings.

2.2.3B.4 Air blast

There was no accident due to this cause during the year 2012.

2.2.3C Transportation machinery (Winding)

One accident reported due to transportation machinery (Winding) during the year 2012.

2.2.3D Transportation machinery (Other than winding) There were 33 fatal accident occurred due to transportation machinery other than winding engine involving 33 fatality reported during the year 2012. A detail break up of fatalities under this category is given in the table below.

TABLE – 23 FATAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO TRANSPORTATION

MACHINERY OTHER THAN WINDING IN SHAFTS

IN COAL MINES DURING 2012

Cause No. of fatal accidents Persons killed

1. Rope Haulage 2 2

2. Mechanical Conveyors 4 4

3. Dumpers 21 21

4. Wheeled Trackless(Truck,Tanker etc.) 6 6

6. Others - -

Total 33 33

From the above it is seen that dumpers/tippers is the main contributory factor to fatal accidents in opencast coal mines.

2.2.3D.1 Rope Haulages

There were 2 accidents (6% of all accidents) caused due to rope haulages during the year, 2012.

2.2.3D.2 Mechanical Conveyors:

4 accidents (12.12% of all accidents) resulting in four fatalities were caused by belt conveyors during 2012

2.2.3D.3 Dumpers and tippers:

There were 21 accidents due to machineries occurred resulting (63.63% of all fatalities) to dumpers and tippers during the year 2012

2.2.3D.4 Truck & Tankers:

6 accidents occurred causing 6 fatality due to truck & tankers contributing (18.18%) of total accident.


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2.2.3E Machinery other than transportation machinery:

There were 12 accidents reported during the year, 2012, which were caused due to machinery other than transportation machinery. The analysis of the caused revealed that –

Table – 24

FATAL ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES DUE TO

MACHINERY OTHER THAN TRANSPORTATION

MACHINERY DURING 2012

Sl. No. No. of fatal accidents Persons killed

1. Drilling Machines 3 3

2. Cutting Machines - -

3. Loading Machines (SDL etc.) 4 4

4. Houlage Engine - -

5. Shovels/Draglines etc. - -

6. Crushing & Screening Plant - -

7. Other HEMM 4 4

8. Other Non-Transportation Machinery 1 1

Total : 12 12

2.2.3F Explosives; There was 3 fatal accidents involving 3 fatalities and 1 serious accident occurred due to explosives during the year 2012.

2.2.3G Electricity; There were 3 (3.6% of the total) fatal accidents involving 3 persons and three serious accidents due to electricity during the year 2012.

2.2.3H Accidents due to Dust, Gas & Fire; 3 fatal accident occurred involving 5 fatalities and one serious accident due to dust,gas & fire

during the year 2012.

2.2.3I Falls other than falls of ground;

Falls other than fall of ground caused 10 (12% of the total) fatal accidents involving same number of lives during the year 2012.

2.2.3J Other causes;

7 fatal accidents involving 8 fatalities were reported due to other cases during the year 2012.


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2.2.4 Responsibility Analysis of accidents as per the persons held responsible for the various causes of accidents

during the year 2012 has been indicated in table:25.

TABLE:25 RESPONSIBILITY FOR FATAL ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES

DURING THE YEAR 2012

SL. NO. Responsibility No. of accidents

1. Misadventure 4

2. Management 12

3. Management & Subordinate Supervisory Staff (SSS) 13

4. Management, SSS & Co-worker 4

5. Management, SSS,Co-worker & Deceased 3

6. Management, SSS, Co-worker,Deceased & injured -

7. Management,SSS & Deceased 2

8. Management,SSS & Shotfirer 1

9. Management & Shotfirer -

10. Management & Co-worker 3

11. Management,Coworker & Deceased 1

12. Management & Deceased 4

13. Subordinate Supervisory Staff(SSS) 5

14. SSS, Shotfirer, Coworker & Deceased -

15. SSS & Co-worker 2

16. SSS,Co-worker & Deceased 1

17. Coworker 6

18. Co-worker & Deceased 6

17. Deceased 13

18. Others 3

TOTAL 83

It can be seen that in 12 (14%) cases management alone and 13 (16%) cases management

along with other subordinate staff were responsible. In 5 (6%) of the cases subordinate

supervisory staff alone were found responsible. In 13(16%) cases deceased alone and in 6

(7%) cases the co-workers alone were responsible. These revelations draw the attention

towards better planning and implementation of safety status by the management, strict and

disciplined supervision by the subordinate supervisory staff and knowledge based effective

training for the workers.


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2.3 Dangerous occurrences

36 (Thirty-six) dangerous occurrences were reported under the Coal Mines Regulations, 1957

during the year 2012.Details of cause of dangerous occurrences are given below in Table: 26

TABLE:26 DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES IN COAL MINES DURING 2012

Sl. No. Cause No. of cases

1. Spontaneous heating belowground 9

2. Spontaneous heating in opencast working 1

3. Spontaneous heating at surface -

4. Outbreak of fire underground from spontaneous heating -

5. Outbreak of fire underground from causes other than spontaneous heating

-

6. Outbreak of fire in quarries from causes other than spontaneous heating

-

7. Outbreak of fire in surface from causes other than spontaneous heating

1

8. Premature collapse of workings or failure of pillars/ benches/major roof fall

5+2(Dump Failure)

9. Influx of noxious gases -

10. Ignition or occurrence of inflammable gas -

11. Over winding of cages etc. 3

12. Breakage of winding rope 1

13. Breakdown of winding engine, crank shaft, bearing etc. 1

14. Breakage, fracture etc of essential parts of machinery or apparatus whereby safety of persons was endangered

2(Hard landing)+ 1(Snapping of direct haulage wire rope)

15. Irruption of water 1

16. Subsidence/potholing 7

17. Explosives -

18. Others 2

TOTAL 36

A. Spontaneous Heating:

In total 09(Nine) cases of spontaneous heating were reported. Out of 09 cases, 08 were in

belowground workings and 1 in opencast workings.

Spontaneous heating in belowground was controlled & confined by sealing those panels by

isolation stoppings & in extreme cases either the seam as a whole or the mine as whole was

sealed off from surface. In one case, incubation period was reduced from six months to three

months whereas in another case it was suggested to complete the extraction of Coal in a

panel well within incubation period. Two cases of spontaneous heating occurred in fallen coal

of old developed gallery; the area was hydraulic sand stowed & sealed. Three cases of

spontaneous heating were reported in galleries/panels having fallen coal. Spontaneous

heating and fire in opencast working was due to the presence of old & disused underground

workings standing on pillars. Fire was controlled by

i) Spreading incombustible material (stone dust) in the galleries & pillars,

ii) Sprinkling water mixed with sodium silicate

iii) By Back filling


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Contributory factors for spontaneous heating:

The primary contributory factors which lead to spontaneous heating and thereby fires:

Non-sectionlization / improper sectionlization of old workings.

Not cleaning the old galleries and return airways off fallen coal and not treating

thoroughly with stone dust.

Sluggish ventilation in old workings and depillaring areas.

Working the depillaring panel beyond the incubation period.

Not filling up the surface cracks formed due to subsidence and causing leakage of air

into the sealed off areas and old workings.

Not making and maintaining the isolation stoppings as prescribed.

Stowing Lag in depillaring panel.

Unavailability of CO detecting instruments & negligency in taking CO samples on

routine basis.

Negligency in monitoring the status of gas samples behind the isolation stoppings.

Corrective measures:

Rate of extraction has to be made faster by deploying well maintained loading

machines and loss of coal in the goaf has to be minimized.

Isolation and sectionlization stoppings have to be regularly inspected as per statute to

detect early stage of spontaneous heating.

Strengthening of old stoppings.

Fallen loose coal has to be cleaned off regularly.

Surface area above the goved out panels shall be filled up to avoid breathing of air.

All the galleries exposed on the side of entries to the belowground workings in the

seam shall be covered effectively to avoid breathing of air through those galleries.

Rib of coal left as barrier between opencast working and belowground working need

to be covered to prevent formation of return circuit through the cracks/fissures

developed at the surface.

There should not be stowing lag in the goaf of depillaring panel.

Boreholes and subsidence areas, if any should be kept plugged and cracked should

be filled up completely.

Provision of Pressure balancing in the concerned areas.

Telemonitoring devices should be installed for round the clock monitoring of any

emission of noxious/inflammable gases.


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B. Other Fires:

There was a case of fire in dumper due to short circuiting of electrical wire. Fire was controlled by using the fire extinguisher.


A code of practice shall be drawn up for dealing with fires at different location in

opencast mines, including HEMM. Arrangements for fighting fire should be provided

on all heavy earth moving machineries. Such arrangements should, if possible,

operate automatically on appearance of fire.

Timely action has to be initiated if active fire is known to be existed behind the

stoppings.

Reinforcement of stoppings and cleaning of return airway to prevent choking shall be

done.

Adequate precautions shall be taken as per statute while using flame or electric

welding or repairing apparatus belowground.

Availability of Fire Tender in the mine must be ensured.

C. Premature collapse of workings or failure of pillars/ benches/major roof fall:

There was one case of premature collapse of roof fall due to unsystematic working.

There were cases of massive roof falls in depillaring districts/panel due to roof not supported

adequately.

There were other two cases of roof fall on continuous Miner in different caving panels. In

these cases, Management was advised to periodically review the Strata management Plan,

Emergency Management Plan etc. & carry out scientific study for routine monitoring of strata.

There were cases of overburden dump failure, in one case, a portion of the dump measuring

quantities of about 2500 to 3000cum consisting of carbonaceous shale with fire suddenly

failed & slided down from a height of 80mtrs.


Strictly follow up with Systematic support plan.

A study from scientific agency for routine monitoring of strata, warning levels of roof

deformation/convergence, load on rib/stook pillars etc. is recommended.

All the parameters relevant with Strata Management Plan shall be reviewed

periodically.

Height and Width of the benches shall be fixed and maintained as per scientific study

and size of the HEMM would be moving on the benches.

Over burden dump shall not be made close to the edge of the Top Bench.

Vertical coincident of pillars in contiguous seams shall strictly be maintained.

Dump shall not be made on back filled area and no road shall also be made at the

foot of the dump.

Continuous monitoring is to be done to check for movement of dump.


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A study from scientific institution for dump stability, type of material to be dumped,

water drainage system of dumps and hydrostatic & hydro-geological study of places

where mining, dumping and pumping is being done is recommended.

Emergency Organisation Plan shall be put in action in case of emergency and shall be

reviewed periodically.

D. Influx of Noxious Gases:

There was no case of Influx of Noxious Gas.

E. Ignition or occurrence of inflammable gas:

There was no case of occurrence of inflammable gas.

F. Breakage, fracture etc. of essential parts of machinery or apparatus whereby safety

of persons was endangered There were two cases of hard landing of descending cage which happened due to sudden picking up the momentum in downward direction. In both cases, Management was advised to maintain the automatic contrivance, braking system and other safety devices. In another case there was snapping of direct haulage wire rope which happened during hauling of a set of loaded tubs. Two front tubs got derailed at a curve, inducing heavy load on the wire rope due to which the rope snapped at a distance of 15 meters from the rope cappel end. Management was advised to maintain safety devices.

G. Irruption of water / Landslide:

There was one case of inrush of water. Inrush of underground water was from old goaved out area of Panel. Management was asked to drill exploratory borehole to prove barrier between old goaved out area & development working.

H. Subsidence / Potholing:

There were seven cases of subsidence and pot holing due to shallow depth of cover,

presence of old working, fire in old workings, accumulation of heavy rain water on low lying

areas, presence of fault plane. Pot holes were filled up and the affected area was stabilized

properly. At some places the areas have been declared unsafe and suitable actions taken.

Corrective Measures:-

i) Affected areas should be effectively fencing off.

ii) Sign board giving warning of unstable working should be displayed in conspicuous

places in local languages.

iii) The entire areas should be monitored for development of any surface crack or

subsidence etc.

iv) Smoke of fire should be stopped by dumping overburden/debris in the exposed

galleries.

v) The low lying area should be filled up to avoid accumulation of water.


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vi) Water drainage network of the area should be made effective so that no accumulation

of water take place during continuous rain.

vii) Scientific study should be done to know the status of exact underground working in

different seam.

viii) The low cover working area should be demarcated on the surface & surface drains

should be made around so that the phenomenon of pot holing should be avoided in

future.

I. Other:

There was one case of toppling of truck. Management was advised to follow up “safe code of practice” & not to use surveyed off vehicles in opencast Mines. Training on simulator for HEMM operators should be provided.

2.4 Technical Developments

During the year 2012, 10.2% of the total production came from underground workings and

89.8% of the total production came from opencast mines. As far as average daily employment

was concerned 48.04% were employed belowground, 24.6% were employed in opencast

workings and the remaining 27.37% were employed for other surface operations.

During the 2012, 1610 Excavators, 5850 dumpers, 952 drills and 43 draglines were used in

opencast mines.

TABLE:27 TREND IN USE OF HEAVY EARTH MOVING MACHINERY

IN OPENCAST COAL MINES

Year Shovels Draglines Drills Dumpers Others HP of the machinery

1990 787 41 703 3663 1885 2,711,279

1991 864 41 703 3846 1746 2,972,990

1992 892 47 829 4223 2112 3,227,528

1993 910 44 802 4385 1952 3,409,140

1994 946 43 822 4437 1946 3,448,234

1995 956 42 871 4291 2116 3,639,816

1996 961 59 864 4038 1856 3,436,437

1997 1017 42 913 4399 2177 3,703,276

1998 1106 41 918 4520 2279 3,826,094

1999 1216 49 962 4776 2372 4,058,489

2000 1143 43 969 4602 2333 3,938,986

2001 1172 42 977 4666 2304 3,965,541

2002 1159 41 972 4721 2136 3,864,244

2003 1136 39 1003 4576 2163 4,095,742

2004 1135 45 978 4516 2367 3,995,550

2005 1073 34 922 4553 2085 4,035,171

2006 1088 28 861 4391 2006 3,798,259

2007 1188 33 1023 4634 2569 4,249,869

2008 1247 48 1018 4994 2779 4,479,969

2009 1320 40 920 5324 2750 4,588,696

2010 1499 42 980 5455 2876 4,437,860

2011 1576 46 914 6286 3095 5,009,564

2012* 1610 43 952 5850 2937 5,052,398 *Data for the year 2012 are provisional.


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(a) Number of machines used in underground coal mines of different coal companies

are as follows:

Table-28 Number of machines used in underground coal mines during 2012

Name of

Company

Road header/

Dint header

SDL LHD Continuous

Miners

Coal

haulers

Other

BCCL 4 163 1 0 0 1

ECL 2 225 37 2 0 26

CCL 0 23 6 0 0 0

MCL 0 21 29 0 0 0

SECL 0 188 175 4 0 2

WCL 0 88 120 1 2 1

NECL 0 0 0 0 0 4

TATA 1 31 5 0 0 1

SCCL 10 155 33 2 6 0

NCL 0 0 0 0 0 0

GIPCL 0 0 0 0 0 0

NLC 0 0 0 0 0 0

JSMDC 0 0 0 0 0 0

GMDC 0 0 0 0 0 0

SAIL 2 0 0 0 0 0

RSMM 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 19 894 406 9 8 35

(b) Number of machines used in opencast coal mines of different coal companies are

as follows: TABLE-29 Number of machines used in opencast mines during 2012

Name

of co.

Bu

cket

wh

eel

Excavato

r

Dra

gli

ne

Su

rface M

ine

rs

Oth

ers

Dumpers Excavators Drills

170

T

120

T

85

T

50

T

35

T

>20

cu

m

19-

10

cu

m

9-5

cu

m

< 5

cu

m

>

250

m

m

249-

150

mm

<

150

m

m

BCCL 0 2 0 0 0 60 2 346 0 8 74 75 18 77 24

ECL 0 1 0 0 15 18 12 14 110 5 11 12 32 9 29 8

CCL 0 0 5 1 0 25 86 187 258 1 9 47 46 27 70 13

MCL 0 5 26 48 0 49 28 307 11 0 3 43 33 34 54 5

SECL 0 9 6 0 22 55 108 68 125 3 20 30 19 65 51 7

WCL 0 3 0 179 0 0 0 402 223 0 0 71 131 21 88 0

NECL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 22 0 0 7

TATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 48 11 0 7 13 3 0 17 1

SCCL 0 2 1 0 0 144 27 15 203 0 23 12 46 22 33 0

NCL 0 2 0 0 0 63 33 0 0 0 17 0 0 4 8 19

GIPCL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 158 0 0 1 43 0 0 0

NLC 33 0 0 413 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 81 9 8 14

JSMDC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 2

GMDC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 244 0 0 7 76 0 0 0

SAIL 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 13 0 0 6

RSMM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 21 0 0 0

Total 33 24 38 651 37 354 395 1071 1862 9 98 310 645 209 435 106

2.5 Occupational Health

Medical Examination by Appellate Medical Board

Initial and periodical medical examination under Rule 29B of the Mines Rules, 1955 are

conducted by management and medical re-examination by Appellate Medical Board

constituted by Central Government under Rule 29K.


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(a) Progress of Medical Examination in Coal Mines:

TABLE: 30 PROGRESS OF INITIAL & PERIODICAL MEDICAL

EXAMINATION DURING 2012 IN COAL MINES

Name of Company Initial Medical Examination Periodical Medical Exam.

Required Provided Required Provided BCCL 0 745 25967 19369

ECL 1137 1137 14876 14988

CCL 893 893 10455 10943

MCL 1100 1100 4267 4352

SECL 238 238 24545 21526

WCL 933 933 16680 16572

NECL 0 0 332 347

TATA 738 738 1215 1244

SCCL 0 6031 22008 19785

NCL 0 203 612 615

GIPCL 240 240 37 37

NLC 1701 1701 2659 3477

JSMDC 5 5 12 15

GMDC 17 13 262 299

SAIL 0 44 594 146

RSMM 135 135 0 0

Total 7137 14156 124521 113715

(b)Cases of Notified Diseases in Coal Mines:

TABLE: 31 CASES OF NOTIFIED DISEASES IN COAL MINES DURING YEAR 2012

Mining Companies Name of Disease Number of cases

SECL Pneumoconiosis 1

SCCL Carcinoma lung 9

Carcinoma Stomach 4

2.6 Vocational Training

Recognizing the need for safety education to enable the mine workers to prepare them to face the challenges of mining, the Mines Vocational Training Rules were framed in 1966. These rules provide the provision for construction of mine vocational training centers, initial, refresher and special training to mine workers, appointment of training officers, instructors, proper training aids and equipments. It also provides for payment to trainees during the training period. Progress of vocational training in coalmines during the year 2012 was reported to be as follows.

TABLE: 32 PROGRESS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN COAL MINES

DURING YEAR 2012 Name of the Company.

No. of VT Centers

Basic Training Refresher Training Special Training Provided Required Provided Required Provided

BCCL 12 539 539 8448 9900 4068

ECL 21 1873 2983 12748 10432 4832

CCL 12 1664 1664 5405 5405 562

MCL 5 3224 3224 3930 3555 1362

SECL 25 0 3891 9360 10593 5073

WCL 12 3268 3268 7675 8443 2218

NECL 2 0 287 332 359 137

TATA 2 486 505 1686 1619 2031

SCCL 9 5318 5318 12765 12765 6390

NCL 1 0 354 385 132 2385

GIPCL 1 390 390 33 33 0

NLC 1 1897 1897 2670 2739 1626

JSMDC 1 15 15 32 40 10

GMDC 1 805 805 241 227 57

SAIL 3 1 1 433 195 133

RSMM 1 59 59 0 0 0

Total 109 19539 25200 66143 66437 30884


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2.7 Workmen’s Inspector, Safety Committee & Welfare Officers

Much greater strides in safety can be achieved by participation of workmen in safety

programme, the twin institutions of ‘Safety Committee & ‘Workmen’s Inspector’ have been

conceived and given the statutory backing. DGMS is also associated with training of

Workmen’s Inspectors to make them effective in discharge of their duties. In coal mines

almost all the eligible mines had Workmen’s Inspector and Safety Committee. The table below

shows the status of appointment of Welfare Officer, Workmen’s Inspector and formation of

Safety Committees during the year 2012.

TABLE: 33 NUMBER OF WORKMEN’S INSPECTOR IN POSITION, SAFETY

COMMITTEE, WELFARE OFFICERS IN COAL MINES DURING 2012

Name of Company

Welfare Officers Workmen Inspectors Safety Committee

Required Provided Required Provided Required Provided

BCCL 52 42 126 126 42 42

ECL 94 90 249 273 99 99

CCL 58 58 174 174 58 58

MCL 23 23 70 70 23 23

SECL 89 89 264 267 89 89

WCL 72 72 216 216 72 72

NECL 3 3 12 12 4 4

TATA 7 7 36 36 7 7

SCCL 42 42 191 191 64 64

NCL 0 1 4 4 6 6

GIPCL 2 2 8 8 17 17

NLC 6 7 22 24 10 11

JSMDC 0 0 2 2 1 1

GMDC 1 1 12 15 5 5

SAIL 3 3 9 10 3 3

RSMM 0 0 6 6 2 2

Total 452 440 1401 1434 502 503


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2.8 Owner-wise consolidated fatal accident statistics for last 8(Eight) years in coal mines

Owner Year

Fatal Accidents Death Rate per 1000

persons employed Belowground Opencast Aboveground Total

Accident Killed Accident Killed Accident Killed Accident Killed BG OC AG Total

BCCL 2005 10 15 1 1 3 3 14 19 0.50 0.10 0.17 0.33

2006 7 56 5 5 0 0 12 61 1.98 0.55 0.00 1.14

2007 4 4 3 3 2 2 9 9 0.15 0.35 0.13 0.18

2008 8 8 2 2 1 1 11 11 0.32 0.25 0.07 0.23

2009 6 8 4 6 4 4 14 18 0.30 0.68 0.29 0.36

2010 1 1 6 6 0 0 7 7 0.04 0.69 0.00 0.15

2011 3 4 3 3 0 0 6 7 0.17 0.37 0.00 0.15

2012 3 3 6 6 3 3 12 12 0.13 0.74 0.22 0.26

CCL 2005 3 16 4 5 0 0 7 21 1.21 0.43 0.00 0.52

2006 2 2 1 1 2 2 5 5 0.17 0.08 0.13 0.13

2007 0 0 4 5 3 3 7 8 0.00 0.39 0.21 0.21

2008 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 4 0.00 0.17 0.14 0.11

2009 1 1 3 3 2 2 6 6 0.11 0.26 0.16 0.18

2010 1 2 5 6 2 2 8 10 0.24 0.55 0.17 0.33

2011 1 1 3 3 2 2 6 6 0.13 0.26 0.16 0.19

2012 1 2 3 3 1 1 5 6 0.26 0.26 0.08 0.19

ECL 2005 9 10 3 3 4 4 16 17 0.22 0.62 0.15 0.22

2006 7 12 1 1 0 0 8 13 0.28 0.16 0.00 0.18

2007 5 5 2 3 0 0 7 8 0.12 0.47 0.00 0.11

2008 5 5 2 2 4 4 11 11 0.12 0.35 0.18 0.16

2009 6 7 2 2 0 0 8 9 0.17 0.45 0.00 0.13

2010 5 5 4 4 4 4 13 13 0.13 0.93 0.19 0.20

2011 4 4 4 4 0 0 8 8 0.11 1.03 0.00 0.13

2012 7 7 4 4 0 0 11 11 0.19 1.03 0.00 0.18

MCL 2005 3 3 4 4 3 3 10 10 0.67 0.60 0.50 0.58

2006 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0.24 0.16 0.00 0.12

2007 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 4 0.00 0.48 0.17 0.24

2008 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 4 0.25 0.30 0.18 0.25

2009 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 0.00 0.13 0.33 0.17

2010 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.24 0.00 0.11

2011 0 0 1 1 3 3 4 4 0.00 0.11 0.52 0.21

2012 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0.00 0.11 0.17 0.11

NCL 2005 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 0.00 0.15 0.31 0.22

2006 0 0 3 4 1 1 4 5 0.00 0.53 0.16 0.36

2007 0 0 4 4 2 2 6 6 0.00 0.40 0.33 0.37

2008 0 0 5 9 0 0 5 9 0.00 0.84 0.00 0.54

2009 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 0.00 0.44 0.00 0.23

2010 0 0 9 9 3 3 12 12 0.00 0.86 0.45 0.70

2011 0 0 3 3 2 2 5 5 0.00 0.24 0.34 0.27

2012 0 0 4 4 3 3 7 7 0.00 0.32 0.50 0.38

NEC 2005 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.88 0.00 0.00 0.36

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 1 5 1 2 0 0 2 7 4.63 2.80 0.00 2.89

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.16 0.00 0.47

2011 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 2.44 0.00 0.96


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2012 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 1.32 0.48

SECL 2005 7 8 5 5 2 2 14 15 0.23 0.71 0.13 0.26

2006 3 3 3 3 1 1 7 7 0.09 0.41 0.06 0.12

2007 5 5 4 4 5 5 14 14 0.15 0.56 0.36 0.26

2008 6 7 3 3 2 2 11 12 0.22 0.42 0.15 0.23

2009 4 4 5 5 0 0 9 9 0.13 0.77 0.00 0.18

2010 15 29 1 1 3 3 19 33 0.96 0.17 0.22 0.67

2011 6 6 3 3 2 2 11 11 0.19 0.61 0.14 0.21

2012 5 6 3 3 2 2 10 11 0.19 0.61 0.14 0.21

WCL 2005 6 6 4 4 1 1 11 11 0.27 0.56 0.07 0.25

2006 7 7 1 1 5 5 13 13 0.34 0.13 0.34 0.30

2007 5 5 6 6 1 1 12 12 0.25 0.83 0.07 0.29

2008 6 8 2 2 3 3 11 13 0.39 0.30 0.22 0.32

2009 8 9 1 2 2 2 11 13 0.46 0.30 0.14 0.32

2010 5 8 6 6 2 2 13 16 0.42 0.94 0.16 0.42

2011 3 3 2 3 3 3 8 9 0.16 0.44 0.23 0.23

2012 4 4 5 6 0 0 9 10 0.22 0.88 0.00 0.26

CIL 2005 39 59 22 23 15 15 76 97 0.39 0.42 0.14 0.31

2006 27 81 15 16 9 9 51 106 0.57 0.28 0.09 0.35

2007 19 19 26 28 14 14 59 61 0.14 0.47 0.15 0.21

2008 27 34 19 24 13 13 59 71 0.25 0.42 0.14 0.25

2009 25 29 20 23 10 10 55 62 0.22 0.41 0.11 0.22

2010 27 45 34 35 14 14 75 94 0.36 0.63 0.16 0.35

2011 17 18 21 22 12 12 50 52 0.14 0.38 0.14 0.19

2012 20 22 26 27 11 11 57 60 0.18 0.47 0.13 0.22

JSMDC 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 7.94 0.00 4.98

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

DVC 2005 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 9.26 0.00 4.33

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

GMDC 2005 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.36 0.00 0.69

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0.00 1.27 1.47 1.37

2009 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.01 0.00 0.59

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Owner Year




IISCO 2005 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.59 0.00 0.00 0.32

2006 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.18 0.00 0.00 0.64

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 1.50 1.75 0.00 1.16

2011 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.67 0.00 0.50

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.67 0.00 0.50

NLC 2005 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.20 0.00 0.08

2006 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 0.00 0.63 0.00 0.47

2007 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.19

2008 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.31 0.00 0.19

2009 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 0.00 0.30 0.24 0.28

2010 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 0.00 0.31 0.21 0.26

2011 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.21

2012 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 4 0.00 0.45 0.39 0.43

SCCL 2005 8 8 2 2 1 1 11 11 0.17 0.37 0.14 0.19

2006 13 16 3 3 0 0 16 19 0.36 0.50 0.00 0.33

2007 4 4 5 5 2 2 11 11 0.10 0.72 0.28 0.20

2008 4 4 5 6 4 4 13 14 0.09 0.74 0.55 0.24

2009 11 14 6 6 0 0 17 20 0.33 0.51 0.00 0.32

2010 8 9 2 3 1 1 11 13 0.19 0.24 0.10 0.19

2011 5 5 2 2 1 1 8 8 0.11 0.16 0.11 0.12

2012 4 5 6 6 5 5 15 16 0.11 0.49 0.57 0.24

TISCO 2005 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.24

2006 2 3 0 0 1 1 3 4 0.57 0.00 0.60 0.49

2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.10

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.51 0.00 0.00 0.37

2010 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.71 0.00 0.00 0.51

2011 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 3 0.18 1.40 0.00 0.39

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

GIPCL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 3.95 0.00 2.99

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

GHCL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 27.03 0.00 25.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

APMDTC 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Owner Year




2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.78

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

ICML 2005 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.59 0.00 1.12

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.13 0.00 0.82

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

MIL 2005 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0.00 0.00 33.90 6.62

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.02 0.00 0.00 0.97

2008 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.61

2009 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 4.52 0.61

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

JNL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 43.48 5.81

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

KECML 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 3.42 0.00 3.18

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

JPL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 2.48 0.54

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.97

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

ELCALTD 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Owner Year




2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 7.46 16.39 43.48 13.76

JSPL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 38.46 26.32

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 83.33 0.00 26.32

ALL 2005 50 70 28 29 18 18 96 117 0.34 0.42 0.15 0.29

INDIA 2006 44 102 24 25 10 10 78 137 0.52 0.33 0.09 0.36

2007 25 25 35 37 16 16 76 78 0.13 0.46 0.14 0.21

2008 32 39 29 35 19 19 80 93 0.21 0.45 0.18 0.25

2009 39 46 29 32 15 15 83 93 0.25 0.40 0.14 0.25

2010 41 60 40 42 16 16 97 118 0.33 0.51 0.15 0.32

2011 23 24 29 30 13 13 65 67 0.13 0.35 0.13 0.18

2012 25 28 39 40 19 19 83 87 0.16 0.47 0.19 0.24

BG- Belowground OC-Opencast AG-Aboveground Note : Figures for the year 2011 & 2012 are provisional.


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2.9 Owner-wise consolidated serious accident statistics for last 8 (eight) years in coal mines

Owner Year

Serious Accidents S/Injury Rate per 1000 persons employed Belowground Opencast Aboveground Total

Accident S/Inj Accident S/Inj Accident S/Inj Accident S/Inj BG OC AG Total

BCCL 2005 20 31 11 11 10 12 41 54 1.03 1.15 0.69 0.95

2006 19 20 11 13 4 4 34 37 0.71 1.44 0.25 0.69

2007 36 37 14 14 9 9 59 60 1.38 1.64 0.57 1.17

2008 28 28 7 7 13 13 48 48 1.11 0.88 0.93 1.02

2009 20 21 12 14 9 9 41 44 0.79 1.60 0.65 0.89

2010 21 21 1 4 3 4 25 29 0.89 0.46 0.28 0.62

2011 24 30 3 3 9 9 36 42 1.28 0.37 0.65 0.92

2012 17 18 4 5 3 3 24 26 0.77 0.62 0.22 0.57

CCL 2005 7 7 11 11 7 7 25 25 0.53 0.95 0.44 0.62

2006 8 8 8 8 3 3 19 19 0.70 0.65 0.20 0.49

2007 10 10 7 7 4 5 21 22 0.85 0.55 0.35 0.57

2008 8 8 5 5 5 6 18 19 0.83 0.43 0.43 0.54

2009 1 1 1 1 4 6 6 8 0.11 0.09 0.48 0.24

2010 1 1 3 4 4 4 8 9 0.12 0.37 0.34 0.29

2011 7 7 8 8 1 1 16 16 0.91 0.70 0.08 0.50

2012 4 4 2 2 3 3 9 9 0.52 0.17 0.24 0.28

ECL 2005 54 56 7 7 14 14 75 77 1.24 1.44 0.51 1.00

2006 83 86 5 5 9 9 97 100 2.02 0.81 0.36 1.36

2007 95 107 8 8 17 17 120 132 2.59 1.24 0.70 1.83

2008 85 86 8 8 19 19 112 113 2.04 1.40 0.85 1.61

2009 82 84 9 9 19 19 110 112 2.01 2.00 0.85 1.64

2010 44 44 4 4 9 9 57 57 1.12 0.93 0.43 0.89

2011 60 63 7 8 17 17 84 88 1.68 2.05 0.88 1.45

2012 60 63 7 8 20 20 87 91 1.68 2.05 1.04 1.50

MCL 2005 6 6 5 5 3 3 14 14 1.34 0.75 0.50 0.81

2006 6 6 3 11 3 3 12 20 1.44 1.76 0.53 1.24

2007 4 4 4 4 0 0 8 8 0.94 0.64 0.00 0.49

2008 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 5 0.25 0.30 0.37 0.31

2009 4 4 2 2 0 0 6 6 0.98 0.25 0.00 0.33

2010 2 2 3 3 1 1 6 6 0.44 0.36 0.17 0.32

2011 6 6 4 4 0 0 10 10 1.36 0.45 0.00 0.53

2012 5 5 2 2 2 2 9 9 1.14 0.23 0.35 0.47

NCL 2005 0 0 10 11 3 3 13 14 0.00 1.61 0.46 1.05

2006 0 0 7 7 6 6 13 13 0.00 0.93 0.95 0.94

2007 0 0 10 10 2 3 12 13 0.00 1.00 0.50 0.81

2008 0 0 7 7 1 1 8 8 0.00 0.66 0.16 0.48

2009 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.22 0.00 0.12

2010 0 0 9 9 1 1 10 10 0.00 0.86 0.15 0.58

2011 0 0 5 6 0 0 5 6 0.00 0.48 0.00 0.33

2012 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 6 0.00 0.48 0.00 0.33

NEC 2005 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.88 0.00 0.00 0.36

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 12.96 0.00 0.00 5.78

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

SECL 2005 68 72 9 9 18 19 95 100 2.06 1.28 1.20 1.73


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Owner Year



2006 53 56 10 10 6 6 69 72 1.62 1.37 0.38 1.25

2007 48 49 8 11 15 15 71 75 1.49 1.55 1.07 1.39

2008 43 43 6 7 5 5 54 55 1.35 0.98 0.36 1.04

2009 38 42 1 2 7 7 46 51 1.36 0.31 0.56 1.02

2010 35 43 6 8 2 2 43 53 1.43 1.39 0.15 1.07

2011 25 26 11 11 5 5 41 42 0.81 2.24 0.34 0.81

2012 19 20 6 6 8 8 33 34 0.62 1.22 0.54 0.66

WCL 2005 30 31 6 7 5 5 41 43 1.40 0.98 0.34 0.98

2006 29 32 7 8 10 10 46 50 1.54 1.06 0.68 1.16

2007 37 37 10 11 6 6 53 54 1.84 1.53 0.43 1.31

2008 17 17 8 8 4 4 29 29 0.84 1.20 0.29 0.71

2009 29 30 3 3 6 6 38 39 1.52 0.45 0.43 0.97

2010 22 25 12 13 6 6 40 44 1.32 2.04 0.47 1.16

2011 20 24 11 13 11 11 42 48 1.29 1.90 0.85 1.25

2012 15 15 7 9 9 9 31 33 0.81 1.32 0.70 0.86

CIL 2005 185 204 59 61 60 63 304 328 1.35 1.12 0.60 1.06

2006 198 208 51 62 41 41 290 311 1.46 1.09 0.41 1.04

2007 230 244 61 65 53 55 344 364 1.77 1.10 0.58 1.25

2008 182 197 43 44 49 50 274 291 1.47 0.77 0.56 1.03

2009 174 182 30 33 45 47 249 262 1.38 0.59 0.52 0.94

2010 125 136 38 45 26 27 189 208 1.09 0.81 0.31 0.78

2011 142 156 49 53 43 43 234 252 1.25 0.92 0.50 0.94

2012 120 125 34 38 45 45 199 208 1.00 0.66 0.52 0.78

JSMDC 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

DVC 2005 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 9.26 0.00 4.33

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

GMDC 2005 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.36 0.00 0.69

2006 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.50 0.00 0.74

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

IISCO 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 4 5 0 0 3 3 7 8 2.95 0.00 3.13 2.57

2007 7 7 1 1 1 1 9 9 4.33 1.78 1.09 2.91


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Owner Year



2008 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 2.78 0.00 0.00 1.41

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 3.00 0.00 0.00 1.54

2011 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 2.33 1.67 0.00 1.51

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

J&K 2005 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 0.00 0.00 21.90 3.08

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

NLC 2005 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 3 0.00 0.59 0.00 0.25

2006 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 4 0.00 0.38 0.38 0.38

2007 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.13 0.00 0.09

2008 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 3 0.00 0.46 0.00 0.28

2009 0 0 5 5 3 4 8 9 0.00 0.74 0.97 0.83

2010 0 0 3 3 2 3 5 6 0.00 0.46 0.62 0.53

2011 0 0 3 3 2 2 5 5 0.00 0.45 0.77 0.54

2012 0 0 3 3 3 3 6 6 0.00 0.45 1.16 0.64

SCCL 2005 656 661 35 35 104 104 795 800 14.38 6.47 14.19 13.63

2006 444 452 32 32 81 81 557 565 10.18 5.31 10.96 9.77

2007 478 482 20 21 68 71 566 574 11.56 3.02 9.79 10.27

2008 328 332 26 26 47 47 401 405 7.81 3.20 6.42 6.99

2009 313 321 15 16 47 47 375 384 7.50 1.37 5.60 6.11

2010 219 230 20 20 42 42 281 292 4.86 1.58 4.31 4.19

2011 235 239 22 22 36 36 293 297 5.38 1.80 4.09 4.54

2012 236 237 20 20 48 48 304 305 5.34 1.64 5.45 4.66

TISCO 2005 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.24

2006 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.75 0.00 0.12

2007 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 3 0.40 0.00 0.34 0.31

2008 2 3 2 2 0 0 4 5 0.58 1.49 0.00 0.70

2009 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0.17 0.00 1.17 0.25

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.37 0.00 0.00 0.26

PIL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 5.41 0.00 4.29

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

GIPCL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 6.54 0.00 4.78

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Owner Year



2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

MIL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 21.74 0.97

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.61

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.69 0.00 0.00 0.61

JNL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.32 0.00 0.00 1.54

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.84 0.00 0.00 1.34

ELCALTD 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 14.93 0.00 0.00 9.17

JSPL 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 0.00 38.46 26.32

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

ALL 2005 843 867 98 101 165 170 1106 1138 4.23 1.45 1.37 2.85

INDIA 2006 646 665 88 99 127 127 861 891 3.40 1.30 1.11 2.31

2007 717 735 83 88 123 128 923 951 3.91 1.10 1.15 2.51

2008 516 536 74 76 96 97 686 709 2.87 0.98 0.92 1.92

2009 490 506 50 54 96 100 636 660 2.72 0.67 0.93 1.76

2010 348 370 62 69 70 72 480 511 2.03 0.83 0.68 1.38

2011 379 397 74 79 81 81 534 557 2.23 0.92 0.79 1.52

2012 361 368 58 62 96 96 515 526 2.07 0.72 0.94 1.44 BG- Belowground OC-Opencast AG-Aboveground

Note : Figures for the year 2011 & 2012 are provisional. Serious injury includes seriously injured from fatal accidents also.


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3.0 Non-Coal Mines

3.1 General Information presented in the following paragraphs relates to non-coal mines coming under the

purview of the Mines Act, 1952.

Estimated numbers of notified working non-coal mines are over about 8000 out of which 2174

non-coal mines including 86 oil mines submitted returns for the year 2012.

Average daily employment in non-coal mines during the year 2012 was 202910 as compared

to 200122 in 2011. Average daily employment in workings belowground, opencast and

aboveground during the year 2012 was 7700, 108965 & 84355 as compared to 9783, 104665

& 85674 respectively during the year 2011. The average daily employment in various minerals

is depicted in the table below:

TABLE: 34 Average daily employment and output in non-coal mines during 2012

Mineral No. of

Mines

Submitted

return

Average daily employment Output (‘000

tonnes) U / G O/C Surface Total

Bauxite 115 0 6305 1123 7428 16808

Copper 6 2099 229 1454 3782 3437

Gold 5 1645 0 1545 3190 683

Granites 241 0 8881 2579 11460 3949

Lime Stone 517 4 23770 6357 30131 367725

Iron-ore 362 0 29998 25292 55290 250106

Manganese 132 2880 8174 5405 16459 6769

Marble 21 0 1590 406 1996 3594

Stone 181 0 5010 2192 7202 37001

Galena & sphalarite

13 1368 708 1983 4059 8590

Others 495 1594 24300 13221 39114 59770

Oil & Natural Gas

86 0 0 22798 22798 17678(OIL)

*19393(GAS)

Total

Non-Coal

2174 9590 108965 84355 202910 **776110

Production of Natural Gas (Expressed in Million Cu Meter) ** The figure excludes the production of gas. Note: Data for the year 2012 are provisional.


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3.2 Accidents

3.2.1 Accidents There was no major accident in Non-coal mines during the year 2012. There had been decrease in fatal accidents in the year 2012 wherein 39 fatal accidents involving 41 fatalities and 44 serious accidents involving 41 persons seriously injured as compared to 47 fatal accidents involving 53 fatalities and 97 serious accidents involving 99 persons seriously injured during 2011. Table 35 & 36 given below shows trend in fatal accidents, death rates, serious accidents and injury rate in non-coal mines.

* Provisional

Table: 36 indicate trend in serious accidents and serious injury rates in non-coal mines.

TABLE:36 TREND IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND SERIOUS INJURY RATES

IN NON-COAL MINES

YEAR

Number of Serious injury rate per 1000 persons employed

Serious accidents

Persons seriously injured#

Below ground

Open cast

Above ground

Overall

2001 199 200 6.28 0.61 1.57 1.42

2002 205 206 5.06 0.53 1.72 1.31

2003 168 169 7.36 0.43 1.43 1.18

2004 188 194 6.70 0.52 1.59 1.25

2005 108 109 3.41 0.30 0.93 0.71

2006 78 79 3.20 0.25 0.67 0.56

2007 79 92 3.51 0.29 0.70 0.61

2008 83 85 1.65 0.24 1.12 0.67

2009 94 101 4.34 0.19 0.64 0.56

2010 61 63 1.44 0.21 0.41 0.35

2011* 97 99 2.35 0.41 0.49 0.54

2012* 44 44 1.53 0.18 0.16 0.24 * Provisional # Includes seriously injured from serious accidents only

Note : Seriously injured from fatal accidents are also considered for computation of serious injury rate.

TABLE: 35 TREND IN FATAL ACCIDENTS & DEATH RATES IN NON-COAL MINES

Year

Number of accidents Death rate per 1000 persons employed

Fatal Persons

killed Persons Ser.

Injured Below ground

Open-cast

Above ground

Overall

2001 71 81 8 0.52 0.72 0.38 0.55

2002 52 64 3 0.49 0.54 0.21 0.40

2003 52 62 16 0.39 0.46 0.31 0.40

2004 57 64 9 0.62 0.47 0.27 0.41

2005 48 52 4 0.38 0.43 0.17 0.32

2006 58 71 9 0.38 0.62 0.21 0.45

2007 56 64 13 0.35 0.48 0.22 0.37

2008 54 73 35 0.44 0.43 0.37 0.41

2009 36 44 3 0.60 0.32 0.09 0.24

2010 54 91 5 0.44 0.71 0.18 0.47

2011* 47 53 9 0.20 0.34 0.18 0.26

2012* 39 41 4 0.51 0.29 0.07 0.20


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Table: 37 depicts trend in accidents due to different cause group for the years 2008-2012.

TABLE:37 TREND IN FATAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO DIFFERENT

CAUSES IN NON-COAL MINES

Cause 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012*

Ground movement 13 (20) 14 (20) 14 (48) 7 (9) 13 (13)

Winding in shafts - - - 1 (1) 1 (1)


15 (15) 9 (9) 12 (13) 11 (12) 6 (6)


4 (6) 3 (3) 5 (5) 10 (10) 5 (5)

Explosive 2 (10) 1 (3) 3 (3) 4 (7) 4 (4)

Electricity 2 (3) - 1 (1) - -

Gas, Dust etc. 2 (3) 1 (1) - 1 (1) -


Other causes 5 (5) - 4 (4) 3 (3) 1 (3)

TOTAL 54 (73) 36 (44) 54 (91) 47 (53) 39 (41)


TABLE:37A TREND IN FATAL ACCIDENTS IN DIFFERENT

PLACES OF NON-COAL MINES

Place 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012*

Belowground 3 (4) 4 (5) 4 (4) 2 (2) 5 (5)

Opencast 35 (42) 25 (32) 35 (72) 32 (36) 28 (30)

Aboveground 16 (27) 7 (7) 15 (15) 13 (15) 6 (6)

Total 54 (73) 36 (44) 54 (91) 47 (53) 39 (41)



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TABLE: 38 TREND IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO DIFFERENT

CAUSES IN NON-COAL MINES

Cause 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012*

Ground movement 1 (8) 1 (4) 1 (4) 5 (6) 7 (8)

Winding in shafts 2 (3) 3 (6) 2 (2) 3 (4) 3 (3)


9 (12) 11 (14) 5 (5) 11 (15) 3 (3)


10 (12) 13 (14) 10 (10) 17 (17) 8 (8)

Explosive 1 (21) 1 (1) 1 (3) 0 (4) 1 (4)

Electricity 1 (3) 3 (3) 2 (2) 3 (4) -

Gas, Dust etc. 1 (1) - 2 (2) - -


Other causes 19 (21) 23 (23) 7 (7) 7 (7) 2 (2)

TOTAL 83 (120) 94 (104) 61 (68) 97 (108) 44 (48)

Note: Figures in parentheses denote the number of persons seriously injured. This also includes serious injury out of fatal accidents. * Figures are provisional

TABLE: 38A TREND IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN DIFFERENT PLACES OF

NON-COAL MINES

Place 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012*

Belowground 14 (15) 33 (36) 12 (13) 22 (23) 15 (15)

Opencast 13 (23) 13 (19) 16 (21) 39 (43) 15 (19)

Aboveground 56 (82) 48 (49) 33 (34) 36 (42) 14 (14)

Total 83 (120) 94 (104) 61 (68) 97 (108) 44 (48)

Note: Figures in parentheses denote the number of persons seriously injured. * Figures are provisional


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Table: 39 shows fatal and serious accidents mineral-wise for the year 2008-2012

TABLE: 39 FATAL AND SERIOUS ACCIDENTS MINERAL-WISE

IN NON-COAL MINES DURING 2008-2012

Mineral Fatal accidents Serious accidents

2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012* 2008 2009 2010 2011* 2012*

Copper 1 1 - 1 1 3 5 3 9 1

Galena & sphalerite

2 - 1 3 - 21 24 7 15 6

Gold - 1 - - - 9 15 11 - -

Granite 6 3 8 9 4 1 - 4 2 1

Iron-ore 11 8 9 4 4 19 20 9 20 6

Lime stone 9 2 4 5 5 3 4 3 5 4

Manganese ore 3 - 2 3 4 2 2 - 2 5

Marble 5 4 10 8 3 - - - - -

Oil 5 3 4 5 2 20 18 16 30 10

Stone 5 5 3 6 9 - - - - -

Others 7 9 13 3 7 5 6 8 14 11

TOTAL 54 36 54 47 39 83 94 61 97 44

* provisional.

3.2.2 Analysis of Accidents

The analysis of accidents presented below is based on the findings of enquiries into fatal

accidents conducted by officers of DGMS and information regarding serious accidents

received from the mine management.

3.2.2.1 Ground Movement

Number of accidents and fatalities due to ground movement shows a matter of concern of the

trend in the last five years indicating that it is the high time for the mine management to think

and execute an effective plan to reduce fatal accidents due this cause. Percentage wise there

were 13 (33.33% of the total) fatal accidents due to ground movement in the year 2012 as

compared to 7 (15% of the total) fatal accidents due to ground movement in the year 2011.

3.2.2.1A Roof fall Accidents

There was 3 fatal accident occurred due to roof fall during the year 2012 in non-coal mines.

3.2.2.1B Side fall Accidents

There were 10 fatal accidents occurred due to side fall during the year 2012 in non-coal

mines.

3.2.2.2 Transportation machinery (Winding)

One accident reported due to transportation machinery (winding) due to worker slip and fell down on the floor during he year 2012.

3.2.2.3 Transportation machinery (other than winding)

There were altogether 6 accident involving 6 fatalities due to transportation machinery (other than winding) during the year, 2012.


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The cause wise details are given below.

TABLE-40 FATAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO TRANSPORTATION MACHINERY(OTHER

THAN WINDING) IN NON COAL MINES IN YEAR 2012

Sl. No. Causes Fatal Persons Killed

1. Rope Haulages 1 1

2. Conveyors - -

3 Dumpers 3 3

4 Wheeled Trackless(Truck,Tanker etc.) 2 2

5. Others - -

Total 6 6

Rope Haulage: One accident occurred due to rope haulage. Conveyor: No accident occurred due to Conveyor.

Dumpers/Tipper;

3 accidents occurred causing 3 fatalities due to truck & tanker contributing 50% of total accidents.

Truck & Tanker : Two accidents occurred causing two fatalities due to truck & tanker contributing 33.33% of total accident.

Other (Wagon):

No accident occurred due to this cause.

3.2.2.5 Accidents due to machinery other than transportation machinery.

TABLE-41 Fatal accidents due to machinery other than

transportation machinery in Non-Coal mines during

2012

Sl.

No. Causes No. of fatal accidents Persons killed

1. Drilling Machine - -

2. Excavator/loader 1 1

3. Crane 1 1

4. Crushing Plant 1 1

5. Other HEMM - -

6. Others Non-Transportation Machinery

2 2

Total 5 5

It is seen that most of the accident due to machinery and other machinery were causing due to operator’s negligence, indiscipline and lack of supervisions. Improved standard of training and education of workers are necessary to control such accidents. Some cases the equipment failure was observed due to poor maintenance. Higher standard of maintenance of machinery in the opencast sector are required to be stressed upon.


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Table: 42 - Detail break-up of serious accidents due to this cause during 2012.

TABLE : 42 BREAK-UP OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO MACHINERY

OTHER THAN TRANSPORTATION MACHINERY IN NON-

COAL MINES DURING 2012

Cause Number of serious accidents

Belowground Opencast Aboveground Total

Drilling Machine - 2 - 2

Cutting Machines - - - -

Loading Machine - 1 - 1

Shovels, draglines, excavators etc.

- - - -

Crushing & screening plants

- - - -

Other HEMM - 1 1 2

Others - 1 2 3

TOTAL - 5 3 8

3.2.2.5 Explosives

4 (10% of the total) fatal accidents involving 4 fatalities & one serious accident(2.27%)

involving 4 persons occurred due to explosive during the year 2012.

3.2.2.6 Electricity

No fatal accident occurred due to electricity during the year 2012.

3.2.2.7 Dust, Gas & other combustible material No fatal and no serious accidents occurred due to Dust, Gas & other combustible materials

during the year 2012.

3.2.2.8 Falls other than falls of ground

9 (23% of the total) fatal accidents involving 9 persons and 20 serious accidents involving 20

persons occurred due to this cause during the year 2012,

3.2.2.9 Other causes

There was 1 (2.56% of the total) fatal accidents involving 3 fatalities and 2 serious accidents

involving 2 persons occurred due to miscellaneous causes during the year 2012.


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3.3 Responsibility

The responsibilities fixed as a result of fatal accident enquiry conducted by officers of DGMS

in the year 2012 is indicated in the table below:

TABLE:43 RESPONSIBILITY FOR FATAL ACCIDENTS IN NON-COAL MINES


SL. NO. Responsibility No. of accidents

1. Misadventure 2

2. Management 11

3. Management, Subordinate Supervisory Staff (SSS) 10

4. Management, SSS & Co-worker -

5. Management, SSS & Shotfirer -

6. Management, SSS & Deceased -

7. Management & Co-worker 2

8. Management & Deceased -

9. Subordinate Supervisory Staff (SSS) 4

10. Subordinate Supervisory Staff (SSS) & Deceased 1

11. Co-Worker -

12. Co-Worker & Deceased 1

13. Deceased 3

14. Others 5

TOTAL 39

3.4 Dangerous Occurrence

The table indicated below gives dangerous occurrences reported during the year 2012 under various causes:

TABLE:44 DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES IN NON-COAL MINES DURING 2012

Sl.No. Cause No. of cases

1. Overwinding of cages, skip of bucket etc. -

2. Outbreak of fire belowground 2

3. Outbreak of fire on surface 2

4. Premature collapse of workings or failure of pillars -

5. Breakage of winding rope -

6. Breakdown of winding engine, crank shaft, bearing etc. -

7. Ignition or occurrence of inflammable gas -

8. Breakage, fracture etc of essential parts of machinery or apparatus whereby safety of persons was endangered

-

9. Rock burst -

10. Irruption of water -

11. Bursting of equipment under high pressure -

12. Oil well blowout without fire -

13. Fire in pipeline/well heads -

14. Others 5

TOTAL 9


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3.5 Technical Developments

Total numbers of mines working by deploying HEMM is 943. Total number of machines and capacity of shovels and dumpers used in mines have been increased. The following table shows the different types of machines deployed in mines since 2001.

TABLE: 45 TREND IN USE OF HEMM IN NON-COAL OPENCAST MINES

Year No. of mines

Shovels Dumper Others Machinery

Elec. Diesel Total Total No. Total HP

2001 542 86 1026 1112 3696 1763 6571 1337737

2002 577 95 1107 1202 3928 1741 6871 1351329

2003 560 90 1020 1010 3945 1630 6485 1310221

2004 561 91 1025 1116 3960 1670 6746 1313450

2005 653 52 1452 1504 5509 1819 8832 1784635

2006 591 58 1577 1635 5543 2248 9426 1789531

2007 614 92 1626 1718 4926 2057 8701 1834838

2008 705 67 1885 1952 6514 2460 10926 2109638

2009 773 93 2164 2257 7549 2580 12166 2554576

2010 812 88 2258 2346 8370 2452 13146 2693511

2011 883 71 2369 2440 9104 3124 14668 2999234

2012* 943 22 2617 2639 9246 3003 14888 3062896

*Figures for the year 2012 are provisional. Following table shows the various types and quality of explosives used in non-coal mines since 2001.

TABLE:46 TREND IN USE OF EXPLOSIVES IN NON-COAL MINES

YEAR Consumption of explosives in tones

NG Based

ANFO LOX Slurry large dia

Slurry small dia

Booster Gun powder

Total

2001 1021 21476 140 24303 7877 81 92 55809

2002 1092 21111 368 26186 6640 128 88 55613

2003 1005 20471 238 36473 5279 176 88 63729

2004 1323 24547 168 36883 7300 253 111 70584

2005 1382 28085 168 40538 9892 501 130 80700

2006 608 33757 - 53240 6766 622 116 95146

2007 566 31179 457 57122 9940 437 73 97769

2008 655 38438 457 63282 7096 691 111 120866

2009 471 36843 282 56607 7103 338 92 101736

2010 438 34249 268 54621 7220 369 106 97272

2011 917 32657 63 57942 6200 370 64 98213

2012* 604 37526 50 56939 6505 563 61 102248

*Figures for the year 2012 are provisional.


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3.6 Occupational Health & Environments

(a) Progress of Medical Examination in Non-Coal Mines:

TABLE: 47 PROGRESS OF INITIAL & PERIODICAL MEDICAL

EXAMINATION DURING 2012 IN NON-COAL MINES

Name of Company Initial Medical Examination Periodical Medical Exam.

Required Provided Required Provided

OIL 188 188 1800 1687

ONGC 2577 2747 7148 3118

MOIL 1291 1291 1404 1404

TATA 875 1133 1401 1399

SAIL 118 118 1649 1285

IREL 699 699 778 769

UCIL 159 159 842 928

HGMCL 0 295 670 372

NMDC 1444 1444 798 869

NALCO 257 257 422 422

BALCO 4 249 300 301

HCL 560 560 610 449

CCIL 0 0 7 7

ACC 188 188 346 624

MML 179 0 456 154

OMC 1393 118 2042 1429

GMDC 17 13 162 299

HZL 0 1273 450 895

RSMM 248 230 164 172

Total 10197 10962 21449 16583

b) Cases of Notified Diseases in non-coal mines:

TABLE: 48 NUMBER OF NOTIFIED DISEASES

DURING 2012 IN NON-COAL MINES

Mining Companies

Name of disease Number of cases

MOIL Noise induced hearing loss 02


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3.7 Vocational Training

Progress of vocational training imparted during the year in major non-coal mining companies

has been reported in table below:

TABLE: 49 PROGRESS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN NON-COAL MINES


Cos. No. of VT Centers

Basic Training Refresher Training Special Training

Provided Required Provided Required Provided

OIL 1 0 1047 0 252 271

ONGC 3 4222 2712 515 1187 2348

MOIL 6 618 1136 1171 1326 1805

TATA 4 3214 3214 1000 986 2790

SAIL 8 328 324 1016 1753 584

IREL 3 604 556 493 648 662

UCIL 3 242 242 743 698 310

HGMCL 1 0 250 478 353 49

NMDC 4 1355 1349 745 739 1689

NALCO 1 345 345 62 62 0

BALCO 1 2 247 142 142 22

HCL 4 768 768 817 864 517

CCIL 1 6 6 0 0 0

ACC 8 178 178 192 217 239

MML 3 112 132 433 222 39

OMC 8 1287 184 888 909 40

GMDC 1 805 805 241 227 57

HZL 4 55 1524 266 962 1590

RSMM 4 228 228 10 10 0

Total 68 14369 15247 9212 11557 13012

3.8 Workmen’s Inspector, Welfare Officer & Safety Committee

TABLE: 50 NUMBER OF WORKMEN’S INSPECTOR IN POSITION, SAFETY

COMMITTEE, WELFARE OFFICERS IN NON-COAL MINES DURING 2012

Name of Company

Welfare Officers Workmen Inspectors Safety Committee

Required Provided Required Provided Required Provided

OIL 6 6 15 15 6 24

ONGC 4 4 102 150 61 64

MOIL 8 9 27 27 9 9

TATA 3 3 14 17 5 5

SAIL 9 9 30 37 10 10

IREL 3 3 9 10 4 4

UCIL 5 5 20 21 6 6

HGMCL 3 3 6 6 1 3

NMDC 4 4 18 18 4 4

NALCO 1 1 3 6 1 1

BALCO 3 3 4 4 2 2

HCL 4 4 13 13 4 4

CCIL 1 1 1 1 1 1

ACC 2 2 9 15 7 11

MML 1 1 2 2 1 1

OMC 13 14 22 19 9 9

GMDC 1 1 12 15 5 5

HZL 7 7 26 21 13 12

RSMM 2 2 4 5 2 2

Total 80 82 337 402 151 177


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3.9 Mineral wise consolidated fatal accident statistics for the last 8 (eight)

years in non-coal mines

Mineral Year

Fatal Accidents Death Rate per 1000 persons Belowground Opencast Aboveground Total

Acc Killed Acc Killed Acc Killed Acc Killed BG OC AG TOTAL

Oil 2005 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05

2006 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.29

2007 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.16

2008 0 0 0 0 5 6 5 6 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.25

2009 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.12

2010 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.14

2011 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.18

2012 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.07

Apatite & 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Rock 2006 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.12 0.00 0.54

Phosphate 2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.02 0.00 0.52

2010 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 1.36 0.50

2011 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.80 0.00 0.48

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Asbestos 2005 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 43.48 0.00 4.83

2006 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 166.67

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 16.67 0.00 7.19

Barytes 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 2.81 0.00 1.68

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Bauxite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.23 0.00 0.20

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.17 0.00 0.15

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

China Clay, 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Clay, 2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

White-clay 2007 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.57 0.00 0.32

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.68 0.00 0.36

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Mineral Year



Chromite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.50 0.00 0.00 0.14

2007 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 4 1.41 0.57 0.31 0.54

2008 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.12

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0.00 0.27 0.28 0.23

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Copper 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 1.36 0.38

2009 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.53 0.00 0.00 0.33

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.83 0.31

2012 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.55 0.00 0.00 0.31

Dolomite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.51 0.00 0.34

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Felspar 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 0.00 24.10 0.00 21.39

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 6.71 0.00 5.88

Galena & 2005 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.68 0.31

Sphalarite 2006 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.85 0.00 0.00 0.31

2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.87 0.00 0.00 0.30

2008 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 4 0.83 0.00 1.86 1.22

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.59 0.29

2011 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 4 0.00 1.41 1.52 1.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Garnet 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 0.00 4.39 0.00 4.17

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Gold 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Mineral Year



2006 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.63 0.00 0.00 0.32

2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.66 0.00 0.00 0.33

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.65 0.49

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Granite 2005 0 0 6 7 0 0 6 7 0.00 1.28 0.00 0.98

2006 0 0 6 9 0 0 6 9 0.00 1.64 0.00 1.21

2007 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 0.00 0.64 0.00 0.49

2008 0 0 6 8 0 0 6 8 0.00 1.29 0.00 0.98

2009 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 0.00 0.46 0.00 0.35

2010 0 0 7 20 1 1 8 21 0.00 2.75 0.50 2.26

2011 0 0 8 9 1 1 9 10 0.00 1.12 0.43 0.96

2012 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 0.00 0.50 0.00 0.38

Graphite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 2.92 0.00 2.70

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Gypsum 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 4.72 0.00 3.62

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Iron 2005 0 0 7 8 8 8 15 16 0.00 0.36 0.53 0.43

2006 0 0 10 16 5 5 15 21 0.00 0.68 0.28 0.51

2007 0 0 7 7 7 7 14 14 0.00 0.29 0.39 0.34

2008 0 0 7 7 4 4 11 11 0.00 0.27 0.21 0.25

2009 0 0 6 6 2 2 8 8 0.00 0.22 0.10 0.17

2010 0 0 7 9 2 2 9 11 0.00 0.34 0.10 0.23

2011 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 4 0.00 0.10 0.04 0.08

2012 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 4 0.00 0.07 0.08 0.08

Limestone 2005 0 0 6 6 1 1 7 7 0.00 0.30 0.17 0.27

2006 0 0 10 13 2 2 12 15 0.00 0.65 0.35 0.59

2007 0 0 7 11 2 2 9 13 0.00 0.51 0.32 0.47

2008 0 0 7 7 2 2 9 9 0.00 0.32 0.31 0.32

2009 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.07

2010 0 0 4 5 0 0 4 5 0.00 0.23 0.00 0.18

2011 0 0 3 3 2 2 5 5 0.00 0.13 0.33 0.17

2012 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 5 0.00 0.22 0.00 0.17

Magnesite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0.00 0.00 12.74 1.20


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Mineral Year



2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.45 0.00 0.43

Manganese 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.15

2007 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.07

2008 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 0.77 0.14 0.26 0.30

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.92 0.00 0.00 0.14

2011 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 0.70 0.13 0.00 0.19

2012 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 0.70 0.13 0.20 0.25

Marble 2005 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 0.00 2.51 0.00 1.85

2006 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 0.00 2.53 0.00 2.01

2007 0 0 11 14 0 0 11 14 0.00 9.05 0.00 7.16

2008 0 0 5 7 0 0 5 7 0.00 4.12 0.00 3.25

2009 0 0 4 5 0 0 4 5 0.00 3.47 0.00 2.67

2010 0 0 9 16 1 1 10 17 0.00 10.55 2.77 9.05

2011 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 8 0.00 5.24 0.00 4.14

2012 0 0 3 5 0 0 3 5 0.00 3.27 0.00 2.59

Mica 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 6.97 0.00 0.00 3.02

Quartz 2005 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0.00 2.62 0.00 2.39

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 2.34 0.00 1.94

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Sandstone 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 3.66 0.00 3.13

2009 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 1.17 0.89

2010 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0.00 0.00 5.17 2.74

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Sillimanite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Mineral Year



2008 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.55 0.27

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.57 0.28

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Steatite 2005 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.63 0.00 0.49

2006 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.31 0.00 0.24

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 1 1 3 4 0 0 4 5 4.20 1.08 0.00 1.03

2009 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 4.30 0.28 0.00 0.61

2010 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 8 0.00 2.09 0.00 1.57

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.27 0.00 0.20

Stone 2005 0 0 8 9 0 0 8 9 0.00 1.83 0.00 1.28

2006 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 0.00 0.86 0.00 0.61

2007 0 0 6 7 1 1 7 8 0.00 1.05 0.46 0.91

2008 0 0 4 6 1 9 5 15 0.00 1.20 4.48 2.14

2009 0 0 5 11 0 0 5 11 0.00 2.20 0.00 1.52

2010 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 0.00 0.40 0.46 0.42

2011 0 0 5 8 1 2 6 10 0.00 1.62 0.94 1.42

2012 0 0 8 8 1 1 9 9 0.00 1.62 0.47 1.28

Vermiculite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 30.30 0.00 24.39

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Wollastonite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 1.34 0.00 1.03

Non-Coal 2005 3 3 34 38 11 11 48 52 0.38 0.43 0.17 0.32

2006 3 3 42 55 13 13 58 71 0.38 0.62 0.21 0.45

2007 3 3 38 46 15 15 56 64 0.35 0.48 0.22 0.37

2008 3 4 35 42 16 27 54 73 0.44 0.43 0.37 0.41

2009 4 5 25 32 7 7 36 44 0.60 0.32 0.09 0.24

2010 4 4 35 72 15 15 54 91 0.44 0.71 0.18 0.47

2011 2 2 32 36 13 15 47 53 0.20 0.34 0.18 0.26

2012 5 5 28 30 6 6 39 41 0.51 0.29 0.07 0.20

BG – Belowground OC- Opencast AG- Aboveground

Note : Figures for the year 2012 are provisional.

N.A. = Employment Figures not Available.


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3.10 Mineral wise consolidated serious accident statistics for the last 8 (eight) years in

non-coal mines

Mineral Year



Oil 2005 0 0 0 0 15 15 15 15 0.00 0.00 0.78 0.78

2006 0 0 0 0 15 15 15 15 0.00 0.00 1.08 1.08

2007 0 0 0 0 16 16 16 16 0.00 0.00 0.83 0.83

2008 0 0 0 0 20 22 20 22 0.00 0.00 0.93 0.93

2009 0 0 0 0 18 18 18 18 0.00 0.00 0.72 0.72

2010 0 0 0 0 16 17 16 17 0.00 0.00 0.58 0.58

2011 0 0 7 7 23 23 30 30 0.00 0.00 0.84 1.10

2012 0 0 1 1 9 9 10 10 0.00 0.00 0.33 0.37

Apatite & 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Rock 2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Phosphate 2007 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.84 0.00 0.50

2011 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 4 0.00 2.40 1.38 1.94

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.80 0.00 0.48

Asbestos 2005 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 43.48 0.00 4.83

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Bauxite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 1.71 0.20

2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.17 0.00 0.15

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

China Clay, 2005 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.54 0.00 0.31

Clay, 2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

White-clay 2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Chromite 2005 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.33 0.14

2006 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.33 0.14

2007 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 0.00 0.57 0.31 0.40

2008 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.12

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0.74 0.28 0.00 0.22

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Mineral Year



Copper 2005 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 0.00 12.90 0.00 2.07

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.62 0.00 0.00 0.41

2008 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 5 0.61 0.00 5.42 1.91

2009 4 4 1 4 0 0 5 8 2.11 15.69 0.00 2.61

2010 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.77 0.00 0.00 1.03

2011 8 8 0 0 1 1 9 9 4.38 0.00 0.83 2.75

2012 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.83 0.31

Diamond 2005 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 6.76 5.13

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 28.57 0.00 8.26

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dolomite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 1.36 0.37

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 0.94 0.33

2010 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.51 0.00 0.34

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0.00 0.54 0.87 0.67

Galena & 2005 14 14 0 0 10 10 24 24 13.46 0.00 6.75 7.43

Sphalarite 2006 7 7 3 3 2 2 12 12 5.92 8.77 1.14 3.66

2007 7 7 0 0 7 7 14 14 6.10 0.00 3.95 4.24

2008 7 8 0 0 14 15 21 23 6.66 0.00 9.32 7.03

2009 15 18 1 1 8 9 24 28 14.14 2.07 5.60 8.33

2010 2 2 2 2 3 3 7 7 1.54 4.13 1.76 2.01

2011 7 7 3 3 5 10 15 20 5.32 4.24 5.07 5.01

2012 4 4 1 1 1 1 6 6 3.04 1.41 0.51 1.50

Gold 2005 9 9 0 0 1 1 10 10 5.83 0.00 0.64 3.21

2006 7 8 0 0 2 2 9 10 5.02 0.00 1.30 3.19

2007 4 15 0 0 2 2 6 17 9.91 0.00 1.29 5.55

2008 5 5 0 0 4 4 9 9 3.43 0.00 2.49 2.94

2009 11 11 0 0 4 4 15 15 22.04 0.00 2.62 7.40

2010 6 6 0 0 5 5 11 11 3.91 0.00 3.33 3.62

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Granite 2005 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0.00 0.37 0.00 0.28

2006 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.18 0.00 0.13

2007 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.16 0.00 0.12

2008 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 0.00 0.80 0.00 0.61

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 4 5 0 0 4 5 0.00 0.69 0.00 0.54

2011 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.19

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.10

Graphite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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Mineral Year



2006 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 2.92 0.00 2.70

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 3.21 0.00 3.07

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Iron 2005 0 0 10 12 24 24 34 36 0.00 0.54 1.58 0.96

2006 0 0 9 10 12 12 21 22 0.00 0.42 0.67 0.53

2007 1 1 9 13 12 13 22 27 0.00 0.54 0.73 0.65

2008 0 0 9 10 10 11 19 21 0.00 0.39 0.58 0.47

2009 0 0 7 7 13 13 20 20 0.00 0.25 0.67 0.42

2010 0 0 4 4 5 5 9 9 0.00 0.15 0.24 0.19

2011 0 0 15 15 5 5 20 20 0.00 0.52 0.21 0.38

2012 0 0 5 5 1 1 6 6 0.00 0.17 0.04 0.11

Limestone 2005 0 0 5 5 4 4 9 9 0.00 0.25 0.69 0.35

2006 0 0 1 2 5 5 6 7 0.00 0.10 0.88 0.27

2007 0 0 3 5 4 4 7 9 0.00 0.23 0.65 0.32

2008 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 0.00 0.09 0.16 0.11

2009 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 4 0.00 0.14 0.15 0.14

2010 0 0 2 3 1 1 3 4 0.00 0.14 0.16 0.14

2011 1 1 3 3 1 1 5 5 0.00 0.13 0.16 0.17

2012 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 4 0.00 0.13 0.16 0.14

Magnesite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 6.33 0.42

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.45 0.00 0.43

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.45 0.00 0.43

Manganese 2005 2 2 1 1 2 2 5 5 0.71 0.13 0.50 0.34

2006 6 7 0 3 1 1 7 11 2.75 0.44 0.27 0.84

2007 4 4 0 0 1 1 5 5 1.51 0.00 0.25 0.37

2008 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.15

2009 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0.44 0.00 0.27 0.15

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1.05 0.00 0.00 0.19

2012 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 1.74 0.00 0.00 0.32

Marble 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.00 2.59 0.00 2.05

2008 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.59 0.00 0.46

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.66 0.00 0.53

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Sandstone 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00


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2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 2.82 0.00 1.35

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Silica 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.00 0.00 1.30 0.34

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Sillimanite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0.00 0.00 1.13 0.70

2007 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0.00 0.00 1.12 0.55

2008 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0.00 0.54 0.55 0.55

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0.00 0.00 1.14 0.55

2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2012 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.56 0.00 0.26

Steatite 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2008 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.81 0.00 0.62

2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2011 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0.00 0.54 0.00 0.41

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Stone 2005 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.20 0.00 0.14

2006 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.22 0.00 0.15

2007 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.15 0.00 0.11

2008 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 20 0.00 0.00 9.96 2.85

2009 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.60 0.00 0.41

2010 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.40 0.00 0.28

2011 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0.00 0.61 0.47 0.57

2012 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.00 0.81 0.00 0.57

Atomic 2005 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 3 NA NA NA NA

Mineral 2006 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 NA NA NA NA

2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 NA NA NA NA

2008 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 NA NA NA NA

2009 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 3 NA NA NA NA

2010 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 NA NA NA NA

2011 3 3 1 1 0 0 4 4 NA NA NA NA

2012 6 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 NA NA NA NA

Non-Coal 2005 27 27 22 27 59 59 108 113 3.41 0.30 0.93 0.71

2006 24 26 13 21 41 41 78 88 3.33 0.24 0.67 0.56

2007 19 30 14 28 46 47 79 105 3.51 0.29 0.70 0.61


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2008 14 15 13 23 56 82 83 120 1.65 0.24 1.12 0.67

2009 33 36 13 19 48 49 94 104 4.34 0.19 0.64 0.56

2010 12 13 16 21 33 34 61 68 1.44 0.21 0.41 0.35

2011 22 23 39 43 36 42 97 108 2.35 0.41 0.49 0.54

2012 15 15 15 19 14 14 44 48 1.53 0.18 0.16 0.24

BG- Belowground OC- Opencast AG- Aboveground

N.A. = Employment Figures not Available.

Note : i) Figures for the year 2012 are provisional.

ii) Seriously injured from fatal accidents are also considered for computation of no. of serious

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4.0 Approval of Equipment, Appliances, Material and

Machinery

Several equipments, appliances, materials and machineries meant for use in mines are

required to be approved by DGMS; a list of such equipments is given at Appendix-V. Table

below shows particulars of items approved during the year 2012.

Equipment, appliances, materials and machinery approved during the year 2012

Sl. No.

Equipment/appliances/materials/ machinery No. of approvals granted/renewed/ extended during the year

1. Methanometer 0

2. Helmet 6

3. Cap Lamp 7

4. Footwear 19

5. Gas Detector/Monitor 5

6. Cap Lamp Bulb 0

7. Ventilation ducting 2

8. Co detector tubes/aspirator 0

9. Environmental monitoring system 1

10. Safety goggles 1

11. Ear plug 1

12. Visibility harness 1

13. Dust Respirator (Mask) 1

14. Full Body Harness/Safety Belt 0

15. Flame Safety Lamp 1

16. Noise Dosi-Meter 0

17. Brattice Cloth 0

18. Self-rescuers 0

19. Breathing Apparatus 2

20. Resuscitator/Reviving Apparatus 1

21. Hydraulic props 3

22. Powered support & its components 1

23. STDA Legs 1

24. Explosives 12

25. Exploders 2

26. Detonators 16

27. Flame proof equipment - motor, switches, circuit breakers etc 126

28. Intrinsically safe apparatus 35

29. Equipment for use in hazardous area 0

30. Cables 40

31. Gas Detector and Monitor 1

32. Cage suspension gears 7

33. Fire resistant conveyor belting 0

34. Automatic contrivance/Power break & emergency stock valve 3

35. Man riding system 4

36. Fire resistant hydraulic fluid 7

37. High pressure hose 4

38. Accreditation of Test House 1

39. Chair lift system 0

40. Top man emergency escape device & escape line 0

41. Audio Video Alarm 0

42. Winding Rope 0

43. Automatic Recording Speed Indicator 1

44 Man riding chair lift system 4

45 Dust control system 3

TOTAL 320


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5.0 Coal & Metalliferous Mining Examinations during 2012

(i) Board of Mining Examinations under the CMR, 1957

Shri S Puri Director General of Mines Safety

Shri J.V. Duttatreyulu Director (Operations), M/s. Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd.

Shri Vinay Kumar Singh Chairman-cum-Managing Director, M/s Northern Coalfields Limited

Prof. Durga Charan Panigrahi

Prof. & Head of Department, Department of Mining Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.

Shri Nagendra Kumar Director (Technical), M/s Eastern Coalfields Limited

Shri Pradip Kumar Roy Chowdhury,

Director (Technical) Operations, M/s South Eastern Coalfields Limited,

(ii) Board of Mining Examinations under the MMR, 1961

Shri S Puri Director General of Mines Safety

Dr. Bal Krishna Shrivastva,

Professor & Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Studies, Department Of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University,

Shri Diwakar Acharya,

Shri Diwakar Acharya, Chairman & Managing Director M/s. Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.,

Dr. Upendra Kumar Singh,

Dr. Upendra Kumar Singh, Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Indian School of Mines University,

Shri Narendra Kumar Nanda

Shri Narendra Kumar Nanda,Director (Technical) NMDC Limited.

Shri Avijit Ghosh

Shri Avijit Ghosh, Director(Mining) Hindustan Copper Limited,Tamra Bhavan,

Examiners for Certificates of Competency

Coal Mining Examinations

(a) Following were the Examines for Manager’s Certificates of Competency Examinations held in 2012.

Subject First Class manager’s Certificate

Second Class Manager’s Certificate

Mine Management, Legislation & General Safety

Shri R B Chakraborty Shri P. K. Sarkar

Winning & Working Shri C. B Sood Shri J. P. Singh

Mine Ventilation Shri S. K. Jagnania Shri S S. Malhi

Mining Machinery & Electricity Shri R.R. Sharma Shri S. Ghosh

Mine Surveying Shri B. B. Sood Shri S. M. Daithankar

(b) Following were the Examiners for Surveyor’s Certificate of Competency Examinations

held in 2012.

Surveying Paper-I Shri G V Kumar

Surveying Paper-II Shri S. Rajoria

(c) Following were the Examiners for Overman’s Certificate of Competency Examinations

held in 2012.

Paper-I Shri P. C. Rajak


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Metal Mining Examinations

(a) Following were the Examiners for Manager’s Certificates of Competency Examinations held in 2012.

Subject Ist Class manager’s Certificate (Un-Restricted)

IInd Class Manager’s Certificate (Un-Restricted)


Shri P. K. Sarkar Shri B P Ahuja

Winning & Working Shri S.C.Bhowmick Shri A Gade

Mine Ventilation, Explosion, Fires & Inundation

Shri A . K. Lal Shri M. Kundu

Mining Machinery Shri R. R. Kumar Shri L.S.Sekhawat

Mine Surveying Shri P. N..Sarkar Shri M.Paliwal

Subject Ist Class manager’s Certificate (Restricted)

IInd Class Manager’s Certificate (Restricted)


Shri R.B.Chakraborty Shri A Biswas

Winning & Working Shri S.K.Bhattacharya Shri L.N.Mathur

Mining Machinery Shri H S Rathore Shri R.K.Udge

Mine Surveying Shri A.N.Joshi Shri R.G.Sathe

(b) Following were the Examiners for Surveyor’s Certificate of Competency Examinations held in 2012

Subject Un-Restricted Restricted

Paper-I Shri G V Kumar Shri A.K.Sahay

Paper-II Shri P.K.Padhi

(c) Following were the Examiners for Foreman’s Certificate of Competency Examinations held in 2012.

Subject Un-Restricted Restricted

Paper-I Dr A K Sinha Shri P .C. Rajak

Following were the Examiners for Exchange Certificate of Competency Examinations held in 2012. Examination Examiner

First Class Metal(Coal to Metal) Shri S I Hussain, DDG,SCZ

Second Class(Metal to Coal) Shri P. Ranganatheeswar, DMS

First Class Coal(Metal to Coal) Shri P. K.Sarkar, DDG(NZ)

Mine Mate (unrestricted) S/shri V. Kalundia,DDMS, Manoj Kumar, Manager, Jadugoda Mines and K. Mondal, Manager Banduhurang Mine

Other particulars regarding various examinations held are given in Appendix-IV.


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6.0 National Safety Awards (Mines)

6.1 Introduction

During the post-independence era, the mineral industry in India has achieved tremendous

growth and also imbibed the latest mining technologies. Along with this growth, there has been

corresponding awareness of the need to protect the health and lives of workers. The

Constitution of India casts an obligation on all of us to ensure just and humane conditions of

work. To give due recognition to outstanding safety performance at the national level, the

Ministry of Labour, Government of India, instituted the National Safety Awards (Mines) in 1983

for the contest year 1982.

6.2 Scope

The scheme is applicable to all mines, which come under the purview of the Mines Act, 1952.

Such mines have been classified into 7 groups as given below:

i. Coal mines - Below ground with difficult mining conditions

ii. Coal mines - Belowground (others)

iii. Coal mines - Opencast

iv. Metal mines - Mechanized opencast

v. Metal mines - Manual opencast

vi. Metal mines - Belowground

vii. Oil mines

6.3 Schemes

Among different indices available, the following two have been accepted as indicator of safety

performance:

1. Longest accident free period (LAFP) in terms of manshifts worked during three

consecutive years ending with the contest year.

2. Lowest injury frequency rate (LIFR) during three consecutive years ending with the

contest year.

It is expected that every mine shall endeavor to improve its safety performance. A bad mine

has a high injury frequency rate. After obtaining a breakthrough, its next attempt should be to

achieve longest accident-free period in terms of manshifts worked.

6.4 Awards Committee

The awards committee is constituted by the Ministry of Labour & Employment with Director-

General of Mines Safety as its Chairman, eight representatives of mine managements, eight

representatives of trade unions as member and an officer of DGMS as its Member-Secretary.


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6.5 Mode of operation

An advertisement is released through DAVP in English, Hindi and other regional languages

inviting applications in prescribed proforma for National Safety Awards (Mines). An entry fee of

Rs.100/- per application is charged through a crossed IPO drawn in favour of the

Administrative Officer/DDO, DGMS and payable at Dhanbad Post Office. The prescribed

application form is jointly signed by the mine management and a workers’ representative.

6.6 Presentation of awards

National Safety Awards (Mines) for the contest year 2008, 2009 & 2010 was given away on 21st

November 2012 at New Delhi by the Hon’ble President of India.

7.0 Conference on Safety in Mines

The Conference on Safety in Mines is a tripartite forum at the national level in which the

employers’ representatives, the trade unions’ representatives, the Government represented by

Ministry of Labour & Employment, DGMS, various administrative ministries/departments and

State Governments and associated institutions, professional bodies, service associations, etc.

take part. They review the status of the safety in mines and the adequacy of existing measures

in a spirit of mutual cooperation. The conference also suggests measures for further

improvement in safety, welfare and health of mine workers. The first Conference was held in

the year 1958 and the tenth conference was held on 26th and 27th November, 2007 at New

Delhi. A number of recommendations of these conferences have been given statutory backing

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8.0 Plan Schemes

In order to provide in-house technical support to field offices, DGMS is implementing following Plan Schemes namely:

Ongoing schemes:

(1) “Mine Accident Analysis and Modernization of Information Database (MAMID)” (2) "Strengthening of Core Functions of DGMS (SOCFOD)”

8.1 “Mine Accident Analysis and Modernization of Information Database (MAMID)”

This is the restructured plan scheme after merging of the two Plan Schemes of Tenth Plan (2002-07) namely (i) Study of Mines Accidents and Development of Mines Safety Information System (SOMA) and (ii) Modernization of Information Database in DGMS (MID) as per the Report of Working Group on Occupational Safety & Health for 11th Five Year Plan 2007-12 of Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India – Oct,2006. Keeping the objective of integration in view, these schemes were merged into one scheme “Mine Accident Analysis and Modernization of Information Database (MAMID)”.

Objective of the Scheme:

Mine Accident Analysis and Information Database To mitigate risk of disasters and accidents in mines through detailed analysis of accidents

and dangerous occurrences using risk assessment and management techniques and activate promotional channels ;

Identification of mines having highest risk of accidents/disasters through detailed

investigation into the operating systems and environment in the mine and prepare a Risk Management Plan for such mines for implementation; and

Dissemination of mine information system though various reports, technical

instructions’ guidelines, circulars on electronic as well as other conventional media.

The major activities taken up during the year included –

Publication of Annual Report, 2010 and compilation of Annual Report for the year 2011.

Publication of Standard Note on DGMS as on 1.1.2012

Analysis of data for Identification of accident-prone mines in respect of coal & lignite mines.

Compilation of statistics and preparation of manuscript for – o Statistics of Mines in India, Vol.I (Coal), 2009 o Statistics of Mines in India, Vol.II (Non-Coal), 2009 o Monthly Review of Accidents and o Report on Monthly Inspection Analysis

National Safety Awards (Mines) for the contestant years 2008, 2009 and 2010 were given away on 21st November, 2012 at New Delhi by the Hon’ble President of India..

Risk Assessment in five coal mines, two non coal mines & in two oil mines has been carried out.

Video spot was developed with regard to awareness generation for occupational and health on Silicosis through NFDC, New Delhi & it was broadcasted by Prasar Bharti, New Delhi.

Training was provided to newly recruited Deputy Director of Mines Safety on inspection & Enquiry procedures.


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8.2 "Strengthening of Core Functions of DGMS (SOCFOD)” This is a continuing plan scheme. The scheme had been formulated by merging three on-going plan schemes of DGMS, namely (1) "Augmentation of S&T Capabilities, Mine Rescue Services and Human Resource Development (S&T)(1975)", (2) “Strengthening of Machinery for Conduct of Statutory Examinations (SSEX)(2000-01)” and (3) “Improving Efficiency by Providing Infra Structure Facilities in DGMS (PIF)" along with components like Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance, promotional initiatives and Emergency Response system.

Objectives of the Scheme: The objectives of the scheme are: To render scientific and technological support to the enforcement wing of DGMS in the

proper fulfillment and discharge of its statutory duties, responsibilities and advisory role. To develop, improve and update need based rescue and emergency response services to

the mining industry & to help field offices of DGMS in the form of technical support while taking up rescue and emergencies of specific nature.

To establish Mine Safety & Health Academy with institutes at different offices of DGMS for

imparting structured training to DGMS officers and key personnel of the mining industry. Strengthening of Machinery for Conduct of Statutory Examinations To develop a structured mechanism for Occupational Health Surveillance & Disease

Control in Mining Industry. To establish a National Council for Mines Safety with a view to generate safety and health

awareness among miners and address their training issues. To improve the efficiency of DGMS by providing better infrastructure facilities which

include providing own office buildings and residential complexes to the officers and staff members, providing better communication facilities and office equipment and furnishing of offices.

The overall activities are broadly divided into three components:

(1) Science & Technology (S&T) Component:

The Studies and Investigations, Research & Development, Monitoring and Assessment of Hazards that were undertaken and still continuing, are given below: Studies and Investigations into the existing methodology and techniques of exploration

and exploitation of various types of minerals for improvement in the standards of Safety and Occupational Risks associated therewith

Studies and Investigations into the new methodology and techniques of exploration and

exploitation of various types of minerals for improvement in the standards of Safety and Occupational Risks associated therewith

Development, Updation and advancement of methods, techniques, processes and

materials through interactions, investigations, training etc. Standardization of prototype tests and accreditation of testing laboratories /test houses Guidelines for accreditation of testing laboratories/test houses Guideline for testing steel chocks , Propos, Powered Supports, and other support

materials


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Standardization of Ultrasonic Testing Technique and formulation of Acceptance &

Rejection Norms for components and vital parts of the machinery & equipment including winding ropes and guides.

Technical Direction and Guide Lines on various subjects to support the Inspection wings

of DGMS as well as to the industry. Special Investigations and Studies on :-

i) Strata Control and Rock Mechanics ii) Development of Hidden Slip Detector FOR COAL MINES (iii) Explosives and Blasting Techniques for improving efficiency and reducing blasting

hazards (iv) Mines Gases, Fires & Explosions for control and monitoring to ensure safety

against dangers associated therewith. (v) Classification of Coal Seam/Mine Prone to Spontaneous Combustion and Fire on

Scientific Basis. Development of Mine Disaster Control Plan & Emergency Response Mechanism Modernization and furnishing of DMRS Laboratories with latest testing instruments and

equipments including training Medical Examinations, Surveillance and control of Silicosis, Pneumoconiosis, Manganese

Poisoning and other occupational disease and disorders in mines. Development and furnishing of OSH Laboratories in HQ and other field Offices. Establishing a fully equipped Central Mines Safety and Health Academy with Institutes at

Dhanbad and Nagpur and creating a core team of well-trained faculty members to train DGMS officers and key personnel in mining industry.

To develop basic training aids and safety manuals/monographs for use at the institutes and also at in-house training centers in mining companies.

Details of achievement during January to December, 2012:

SN Activity Achievement

A. S&T Cell

1. Mine Environment & Fire 14

2. Occupational Health Review, Survey & Medical Exam. Etc.

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3. Ground Control 07

4. Mine Mechanization -

5. Additional Job: Gas Analysis -

6. Testing of FRHF (Fire Resistant Hydraulic Fluid) -

B. Development of Mines Rescue Services

1. Testing of Filter Self-Rescuer -

2. Testing of Self-contained Self-rescuer (SCSR) -

3. Rescue competition 07

4. Field visits -

5. Organization of conference on Rescue/Recovery experience

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6. Monitoring of First aid competition -

7. Creation of Rescue Databases on Rescue facilities -

8. Creation of Rescue Databases on actual Rescue/Recoveries

-

9. Issue of technical circulars -

C. Human Resource Development

i. Conduct of training Programmes: i. DGMS Officers ii. Key Personnel from mining industry iii. Workmen’s Inspectors

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6.3 e-Governance in Directorate General of Mines Safety [ e-DGMS]”

(A) Objective of the Project/ Scheme :

Re-engineer work processes to change governance pattern for simplicity, transparency, productivity and efficiency.

Transform from process bound System to Computerized Automated System.

Provide Dedicated Network Facility for Data, Audio-Video and Mail messaging with

Online Interactive Communication and Data Processing System.

Computerize Mines Safety Examination & Certification System.

Develop National Mines Safety & Health Resource Centre.

Develop National Mine Safety & Disaster Management Newwork.

(B) Scope : The Scheme envisages to completely computerize work flow system and procedures to be web enabled with facilities of on-line interactive. In order to achieve the objective, it is proposed to develop infrastructure facilities such as Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN) and dedicated network facilities supported by Data Centres as well as Data Recovery Centres. The following subjects shall be undertaken for computerization on priority :

Mines Safety Examination & Certification System

Inspections, Enquires and Compliance Tracking System

Permissions, Approvals, Standards & Testing System

Mines Statistical Information & Analysis System

National Archieves of OSH in Mines and Disaster Control & Management

Budget and Finance Management System

Other Associated Systems

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